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Patient-Centric Technology Really Does Improve Patient Care

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Aetna subsidiaries are seeing tangible results using an accountable care approach that takes advantage of mobile communications and automated reminders for managing chronic illness.

 

Collaboration between health insurer Aetna and NovaHealth, an independent physician association based in Portland, Maine, that relies on an accountable care organization (ACO)-type model substantially reduces hospital admissions and readmissions for a Medicare population, as well as generating measurable cost savings.

So says a recent report in the September issue of Health Affairs.

 

By dedicating resources to care management and focusing on data reporting and quality measurement, Aetna and NovaHealth were able to reduce inpatient hospital days by 50%, admissions by 45%, and readmissions by 56% in a group of 750 Medicare Advantage enrollees, compared to statewide Medicare fee-for-service averages.

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Six criteria to measure the reliability of health information on the Internet

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1. Who sponsors the website? Going to a trusted organization is a good way to access good reliable information such as the federal government (nih.gov), an academic institution (Dartmouth University), or a nationally recognized society (American Cancer Society).

 

2. Who wrote the information? Does the site have an editorial board or a panel of experts who wrote and reviewed the information? Does it reference other national sites or recently published peer reviewed articles in well-known medical journals or site obscure references and individuals’ experiences?

 

3. Is the information recent? The time medical information is relevant shortens daily, make sure you check several up-to-date sites.

 

4. Does the site have a privacy policy? Be wary of any site that asks you for personal information or wants to sign you up for regular mailings. Who will they share your information with? Perhaps companies selling products for this condition?

 

5. The site makes claims that seem too good to be true; chances they are? Be sure to check several sites. Seeing confirming information on several trusted sites should give you comfort that the information you are seeing is probably reliable.

 

6. Make sure to check information with your physician. Chances are your physician might be able to direct you to reliable sites for information on specific conditions. They will also help you sort through the information you obtain to make sense of it for you.

 

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briansmcgowan's avatar#SOCIALQI:

Summary: There is little doubt that the Mayo team and their guest essayists
have compiled an invaluable book about social media in healthcare.

From the 100-year-old, opening quote of the Foreward, the mission of this book is perfectly clear, “As we grow in learning, we more justly appreciate our dependence upon each other. The sum-total of medical knowledge is now so great and wide-spreading that it would be futile for one man to attempt to acquire, or for any one man to assume that he has, even a good working knowledge of any large part of the world…” If you accept the premise (and I see no justifiable reason not to), the question to be answered is how best to ensure that social learning becomes the norm in medicine. This question is more easily asked than answered…thus the 100-year-old quote is as relevant today as it was…

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