Mental health is often viewed as its own category when thinking about patient care; however, mental health and physical health are intricately linked. And as a practicing endocrinologist, I see ...

The approach for SDOH is also based on patient health data and uses text-based workflows, but it takes into account a broader range of attributes such as whether patients have a primary care physician ...

Because of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches. With the rise ...

The prevalence of individuals with multiple chronic conditions continues to increase. Evidence-based modifications to care delivery processes can help to improve care management effectiveness.

At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% ...

As the number of diabetes patients continues to grow and pharmacy workloads intensify, a new report led by CCS highlights a critical gap in patient education and support.

If there’s one word that sums up the Medicare Advantage (MA) revolution over the past decade, it’s “consumerism.” The quest to put the patient in the center of their own care has influenced everything ...

Thomas S. Bodenheimer ([email protected]), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Rachel Willard-Grace, University of California San Francisco. Caring for people with ...

Approximately 60% of adults in Michigan live with at least one chronic health condition, including nearly 11% of the state’s population with diabetes. Many of them also face additional comorbidities, ...

It is estimated that 50% of the U.S. population has a chronic disease, and caring for them is consuming 86% of healthcare costs. Many organizations still rely on traditional chronic care models ...

Hany Demian, MD, MBBCH, CCFP, is CEO of Praesentia Healthcare LLC, comprising BioSpine Institute, Ontario’s Pain Care Clinics and AlfaScan. When I began my medical practice, I initially wanted to ...