Improving Care & Reducing Costs in Healthcare
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care — an approach embraced by thousands of healthcare organizations — focuses on improving care quality and reducing costs for the chronically ill. According to a 2004 report in the Annals of Family Medicine, if every American had a medical home, healthcare costs would decrease by 5.6 percent, resulting in national savings of $67 billion per year and improved care. This white paper summarizes the results from HIN’s Medical Homes in 2009 e-survey in which more than 220 healthcare organizations described the role of the PCMH in their organizations.
To download this complimentary white paper, please visit:
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Emory to Study Crohn's Disease in Children
Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta pediatric gastroenterologist Subra Kugathasan, M.D., has received a four-year, $5 million grant from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) to study the progression of Crohn's disease in children.
The multi-center study will enroll approximately 1,100 children, all recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease, from more than 20 pediatric centers across North America. The purpose of this study is to identify biomarkers found in the blood or stool to predict which children with Crohn's disease are most at risk for developing complications from the disease.
"It is estimated that 15 percent to 20 percent of children with Crohn's disease will develop complications that may require surgery within the first three years of diagnosis," says Dr. Kugathasan, study principal investigator and professor of pediatrics in the Emory School of Medicine.
To learn more about this research, please visit:
http://whsc.emory.edu/home/news/releases/2009/08...
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Patient Education and Outreach
Educating patients about their health conditions, plan of care and wellness and prevention strategies not only empowers them to manage their condition and care but also can reduce medical complications, medication costs and unnecessary healthcare utilization. Only a few days remain to complete HIN's Survey of the Month on Patient Education and Outreach and receive a free executive summary of the compiled results. Your responses will be kept strictly confidential.
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http://www.surveymonkey.com/...
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