tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93026982806843012024-03-13T22:29:04.235-07:00Lifecycle HealthLifecycle Health enables healthcare to provide patient visibility with an improved patient provider communication.Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-2704549977759110752020-07-15T01:34:00.000-07:002020-07-15T01:34:50.364-07:00New WHO guidelines call for more evidence on airborne transmission<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The World Health Organization released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2020/6/26/effect-of-covid-19-on-mental-health-a-challenge-for-new-moms" target="_blank">coronavirus</a>. These guidelines acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. Though it didn’t confirm that the virus spreads through the air. </div>
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WHO acknowledged that some outbreak reports about indoor crowded spaces indicate that there is a possibility of aerosol transmission and some examples can be during choir practice, in fitness classes or in restaurants. </div>
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Though WHO said more research is needed urgently to investigate such instances and assess their significance in the transmission of COVID-19. </div>
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After reviewing the evidence, the WHO said the coronavirus that causes <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2020/6/18/american-views-on-healthcare-have-transformed-due-to-covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> spreads through contact with contaminated surfaces or close contact with infected people spreading virus through respiratory secretion, saliva, or droplets released when a person who is infected sneezes, coughs, sings or speaks. </div>
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The new guidelines state that people should avoid crowding in places, should have good ventilation in buildings, follow social distancing and should wear a mask when physical distancing is not possible. </div>
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Jose Jimenez, a chemist at the University of Colorado said that this is a right move but a small one. It is gradually becoming clear that the pandemic is driven by super-spreading events, and that the best explanation for many events is aerosol transmission. </div>
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Linsey Marr, an aerosol expert said that WHO is using an outdated definition of droplets and aerosols. It is too focused on the size of the droplets and the distance they travel. </div>
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WHO defines aerosols as being under <b>5</b> microns since only particles that small could float in the air long enough to be inhaled. </div>
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But Jimenez and Marr mentioned that a much larger range of particle size has been shown to contribute to infection. </div>
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Instead of the size, they believe the differences between droplets and aerosols should be based on how the infection occurs. </div>
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When a person inhales the virus and gets infected, its an aerosol and when the infection occurs by contact, they are droplets. </div>
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But WHO has focused on airborne transmission at long distances and Marr notes that breathing in aerosols is more worrisome when in close contact and when people are in the same room.</div>
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<b>Source</b> - <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2020/7/14/new-who-guidelines-call-for-more-evidence-on-airborne-transmission">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2020/7/14/new-who-guidelines-call-for-more-evidence-on-airborne-transmission</a></div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-50987822922126920082020-02-10T03:52:00.000-08:002020-02-10T03:52:05.898-08:00Hospital for Special Surgery opens a new facility in Florida<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) opened a new facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The facility announced its leadership and medical team and the scheduling of almost <b>1,000</b> appointments.<br />
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David Altchek, MD, founding medical director of HSS Florida and chief emeritus of the HSS Sports Medicine Institute, said in a press release that the new facility will be able to serve as a real center of excellence for patients seeking a wide-range of musculoskeletal health services.<br />
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He also mentioned that he is looking forward to working with some of the world’s most highly skilled physicians, surgeons and other specialists at the spectacular HSS Florida campus.<br />
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HSS Florida is a <b>60,000</b> square-foot facility and the leadership includes orthopedic trauma surgeon Nick Sama, MD, as associate medical director for inpatient services, and sports medicine and shoulder surgeon Ryan Simovitch, MD, as associate medical director for ambulatory services.<br />
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HSS Florida’s medical team will help patients with various injuries and pain, including sports injuries and general orthopedic pain.<br />
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The facility will also offer sports performance services. HSS Florida will include full-time Florida-based physicians, as well as physicians who will split their time between the New York and Florida HSS facilities.<br />
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Louis A. Shapiro, president and CEO of HSS said that HSS is making the highest level of musculoskeletal care more convenient for a community that appreciates and values quality.<br />
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This new facility is unique and also unlike any of the other previous expansions as this a brand-new comprehensive center built from the ground up and located outside of the New York City tri-state area.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2020/2/6/hospital-for-special-surgery-opens-a-new-facility-in-florida">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2020/2/6/hospital-for-special-surgery-opens-a-new-facility-in-florida</a></div>
Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-32607226920614473372019-11-13T05:45:00.000-08:002019-11-13T05:45:09.140-08:00CMS expands telehealth coverage for treatment of opioid abuse disorder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will have new reimbursement codes for care providers who utilize telehealth to treat opioid abuse patients. As part of the 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, CMS is adding three CPT codes that will allow providers to bill Medicare for telehealth services included in bundled episodes of care for opioid abuse treatment, including care delivered to the home.</div>
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These codes were first proposed in July to apply connected health technology to the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic.</div>
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CMS Administrator Seema Verma mentioned in a July press release announcing the proposed codes. She said that proposals were being announced so that the government doesn’t come in the way of patient care, by giving clinicians the support they need to spend valuable time taking care of these patients to ensure their diseases were well-managed and their quality of life is preserved.</div>
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Now included in this newly announced final rule in a category titled Communication Technology-Based Services, the codes are:</div>
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HCPCS code G2086, covering at least <b>70 </b>minutes during the first calendar month of office-based treatment for <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2019/11/1/telehealth-can-assist-in-treating-substance-use-disorders" target="_blank">opioid use disorder</a>, including development of the treatment plan, care coordination, individual therapy and group therapy and counseling;</div>
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HCPCS code G2087, covering at least <b>60 </b>minutes in a subsequent calendar month of office-based treatment for opioid use disorder, including care coordination, individual therapy and group therapy and counseling; and.</div>
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HCPCS code G2088, covering each additional <b>30 </b>minutes beyond the first two hours of office-based treatment for opioid use disorder, including care coordination, individual therapy and group therapy and counseling (filed alongside the code for a primary procedure).</div>
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An analysis of the new codes penned by Nathaniel Lacktman, a partner in the Foley & Lardner law firm and chair of its national Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team, and Emily Wein, a healthcare lawyer with the firm, the new codes combine with recent legislation to give new opportunities to deliver care to the patient’s home.</div>
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Source - <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2019/11/13/cms-expands-telehealth-coverage-for-treatment-of-opioid-abuse-disorder">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2019/11/13/cms-expands-telehealth-coverage-for-treatment-of-opioid-abuse-disorder</a></div>
Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-33870812288458347572019-10-11T02:43:00.000-07:002019-10-11T02:43:45.117-07:00Suicide deaths and the ‘Opioid Crisis’<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Writing in her blog at the National Institute On Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow and co-author Dr. Joshua Gordon of the National Institute of Mental Health offer an insight that “Suicide Deaths are a major component of Opioid Crisis that must be addressed.”</div>
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They mention that opioid overdose epidemic is not restricted to people with <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2019/10/7/suicide-deaths-and-the-opioid-crisis" target="_blank">opioid addiction</a> who accidentally take too much of a pain reliever or unknowingly inject a tainted heroin product.</div>
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Hidden in the alarming number of overdose deaths is a significant number of people who decide to take their own life. The authors also mention that due to the current initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing, many patients in pain find it unable to get treatment they need or get stigmatized as “addicts” by the healthcare system. Thus, compounding their difficulties.</div>
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There is a rising desperation and despair of people in agony who are denied treatment by misdirected policies of Federal and State drug enforcement agencies and State Medical Boards.</div>
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A recent study states that <b>40%</b> of primary care clinics in Michigan will no longer allow their doctors to prescribe opioids to new patients.</div>
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But medical prescribing cannot possibly be the only cause of opioid crisis. It is time we recognize that America’s opioid and suicide crisis are much larger than just prescribing or street drugs. The factors responsible for addiction and suicide are socio-economic. Forty years of wage stagnation compounded by automation of manual labor jobs, structural unemployment and the hollowing-out of rural communities have made millions of people vulnerable to the distractions of street drugs. The crisis is not of medical exposure, but of despair. The labor force has to be redeveloped without which a change will not occur in either overdose or suicide statistics.</div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-7333075035718469162019-09-05T06:09:00.000-07:002019-09-05T06:20:48.216-07:00What are the benefits of growing Remote Patient Monitoring Market?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is a healthcare delivery system that is driven by technology in order to monitor patient’s health, outside the traditional clinical setting. <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2018/7/13/how-cms-plays-a-role-in-the-future-of-remote-monitoring" target="_blank">Remote health monitoring systems</a> are affordable and smarter.</div>
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Device manufacturers traditionally targeting hospitals and clinics are now presented with new potential revenue channels as they begin offering their services to consumers. These observations have been revealed in the research report from Business Insider Intelligence.</div>
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Today, US health systems and hospitals are moving towards improved health care outcomes and reduced costs. One of the tools they use to achieve this aim is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) technology. This type of patient care extends the reach of physicians, enables the relationship between patients and caregivers. It also offers providers continuous real time health data.</div>
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RPM is a specific technology used to electronically transmit information between patients and physicians. Common <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/contact-us" target="_blank">patient remote monitoring</a> devices are voice apps that remind diabetes patients to take insulin, while allowing doctors to monitor the disease, digital blood pressure cuffs that lets patients to remotely send physicians their blood pressure and pulse.</div>
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Providers using RPM – enabled home healthcare and other telehealth delivery methods are reducing hospital readmission penalties. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, reduced the risk of hospital re-admissions by <b>76%</b> and held patient satisfaction score over <b>90%</b> by equipping patients with tablets and RMP equipment.</div>
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Seniors are driving positive ROI from RPM technology and home-based care largely due to the cohort's high incidence of multiple chronic diseases.</div>
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A KLAS Research report surveying <b>25 </b>healthcare organizations found <b>38%</b> of healthcare organizations running RPM programs focused on chronic disease reported reduced re-admissions and <b>17%</b> reported cost reductions.</div>
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The future trend in RPM is miniaturization. Device makers are making solutions smaller and less invasive as they partner with new players to expand their market share.</div>
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<b>Source </b>- <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2019/8/30/benefits-of-the-growing-remote-patient-monitoring-market" style="text-align: left;">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/whatsnews/2019/8/30/benefits-of-the-growing-remote-patient-monitoring-market</a></div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-39964765548175808762019-01-23T04:02:00.000-08:002019-02-21T03:27:40.040-08:00How Interactive Patient Engagement Programs Improve Addiction Treatment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Substance addiction is one of the most serious and common challenges that Americans face today. The bad news is that people, particularly young people, are increasingly getting hooked to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and are starting at a younger age. </div>
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According to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), nearly 100 people die every day in the country from drug overdoses and of the 20 million people who have an addiction, the rates of illicit drug use is the highest among those between the ages 18 and 25. </div>
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In addition to severely impacting the physical and mental health of the individual battling the addiction, the disease causes major conflicts in families and relationships as well. The challenge is complicated by the fact that the addiction creeps up on individuals and many continue to live in denial. Furthermore, the stigma around the subject means that not many people reach out and ask for help. </div>
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However, studies have shown that <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">addiction is a highly treatable disease and 100% recovery is attainable</strong>. Modern <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">patient engagement software</em></strong></a><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>solutions have shown some success in making the treatment of addiction more effective by making the process more inclusive and empowering. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of interactive patient engagement in addiction treatment.</div>
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An undeniable fact of addiction treatment is that the course of recovery is different for each individual — what works for one may not work for the other. Depending on the physical and mental health of the individual, and the severity of the addiction, personalized treatment plans are often designed by healthcare professionals and doctors. </div>
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<strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">The increasing use of remote patient monitoring systems such as telehealth services and mobile apps in addiction treatment means that individuals are able to receive the support and care they require, even if they are unable to meet their physicians in person.</strong> For example, most addiction treatment programs involve counseling sessions with psychologists. Patient engagement software systems usually ensure remote availability of counselors in case of emergency and provide a sense of security and comfort to the patient. </div>
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A 2016 Kaiser Permanente Northern California <a href="https://share.kaiserpermanente.org/article/empowering-addiction-treatment-patients-engage-health-management-may-improve-overall-health-avoid-relapse/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline;">study</span></a> shows that substance abuse engagement programs, that focus on the overall health progress, use EHRs, and patient portals to allow patients to communicate and engage with their healthcare providers, are much more satisfactory for the patients and such interactive softwares provide them with higher chances of overcoming their addictions. The study showed that patients who are more involved with their treatment and recovery understand the importance of each step of treatment better, and are more likely to adhere to the same and take better care of themselves. </div>
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Caregivers and health professionals can monitor the progress made by patients and provide the most effective and relevant treatment needed. This allows for timely detection and intervention whenever the results point toward a red flag. In addition to keeping a tab on relapses, <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">remote health monitoring software</em></strong></a> systems allow physicians and counselors to treat not just the substance abuse disorder but take into account other medical issues related to age and gender.</div>
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Furthermore, a continuous assessment helps in finding the right combination of medicines needed by a patient. Since addiction treatment programs need to be modified with time, keeping a track of the progress becomes imperative to design a treatment that varies according to the patient’s needs and gives the best results.<br />
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Relevant, timely, and critical support and information given to patients when they need it the most is likely to help them maintain their abstinence. However, even with the best possible care and treatment, the chances of relapse for people battling addiction are as <a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/treatment-recovery" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline;">high</span></a> as 40-60%. However, patient engagement programs impact critical preventative care information and also allow patients to comprehensively understand their treatment and recovery. This allows them to understand the significance of each and every step of the journey and helps them make more informed and aware decisions. <br />
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Patients involved in<strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </strong><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2018/9/5/3-ways-patient-engagement-can-help-behavioral-health-substance-abuse" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">opioid addiction engagement</em></strong></a> programs, as shown by the Kaiser Permanente Northern California study, also seek more medical advice and review medical information more frequently as compared to other patients. Since patients who are battling addiction have complex health needs, keeping them aware of the intricacies of the same helps them adhere to the treatment program more effectively and reduces the chances of a relapse.<br />
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Additionally, addiction engagement software solutions allow patients to communicate more effectively with their healthcare providers and seek help whenever they need.<strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> By making patients aware of the gravity of the disease and the pitfalls of falling off the wagon, patient engagement programs are able to communicate the urgency and criticality of abstinence</strong>. </div>
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Patient management and monitoring programs help make addiction treatment more effective by assuring patients that addiction is treatable inclusive and accessible. Patients who are aware of the impact of their actions and choices will be more likely to make the right call. Furthermore, the availability of medical aid, advice, and information instantly ensures a consistent support system which is not the case in traditional groups or individual counseling sessions.</div>
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By allowing the patient to take charge of their recovery journey, substance abuse disorder engagement<strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>programs cultivate cooperation and active involvement from the patient, thus, using positive reinforcements to keep patients motivated. Establishing a permanent channel of communication not only helps build trust but also increases the chances of a patient seeking help when they need it the most. Finally, patient engagement programs and strategies are able to dispel myths and preconceived notions regarding addiction and substance abuse by providing accurate and relevant information to patients and their caregivers, which is by far, one of the most important achievements.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As of late, we have been seeing a quick ascent in outpatient mind administrations. Outpatient mind has turned out to be very viable because of present-day medicinal skill like insignificantly obtrusive careful capacities, most recent anesthesia strategies, torment administration systems and <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/" target="_blank">provider engagement software</a>. This assistance keeps away from potential restorative entanglements and empowers patients to return to homes quickly. <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Modern </span><strong style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; word-wrap: break-word;">patient care software</strong><strong style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">also helps healthcare providers monitor patients after their discharge.</span></span></div>
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Inpatient and outpatient mind alludes to the manner in which that a medicinal services benefit is given. Inpatient mind alludes to medicinal administrations that expect you to get conceded into a healing center. Such care, as a rule, includes genuine sicknesses and injury that requires multi-day or a greater amount of remain at the doctor's facility.<br />
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Outpatient mind is the restorative administration got when you are not required to remain back at a healing center. This incorporates routine checkups or facility visits and basic surgeries that enable you to leave the doctor's facility around the same time. Such careful administrations, and also recovery medicines and emotional well-being administrations, are accessible as outpatient mind. Outpatient is for the most part more affordable as it uses less of the healing facility's assets.<br />
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So how do shoppers spare cash in the event that they move to outpatient mind? We should investigate a wellbeing report discharged by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the Blue Health Intelligence. Their scientists connected progressed examination to the restorative cases database to investigate advertise improvements and the reasonableness with respect to human services measures.<br />
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The analysts investigated four systems that can be completed in either inpatient or outpatient settings. Of these, two (spine medical procedure/hysterectomy and lumbar) overwhelmingly recorded a move towards mobile care and the staying two (gallbladder expulsion and angioplasty) kept on staying stable through at various phases of outpatient mind. The non-crisis nature of the picked techniques gave patients the time they expected to search for human services experts, consider the expenses and choose when and where they wanted to experience the therapeutic treatment.<br />
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In light of their report, we should consider how quiet care continuum can be guaranteed while enhancing restorative method results and lessening human services costs.<br />
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<b>1. Outpatient Care is Cost successful</b><br />
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Therapeutic methods when performed in an outpatient setup, brought about extensive cost reserve funds. For example, when patients wanted to experience angioplasty in an outpatient setting, the sparing in cost was to the degree of $1,062/technique as against system executed as an inpatient.<br />
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The Angioplasty methods in inpatient setup demonstrated a lofty ascent. The inpatient cost for Angioplasty strategies enrolled 6.1 percent rise, while outpatient evaluating demonstrated a pitiful 1.4 percent expansion over a period length of five years.<br />
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While outpatient use expanded amid the five-year think about period, in general usage did not increment - the outpatient use increments were counterbalanced by noteworthy abatements in inpatient use.<br />
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<b>2. Outpatient cost reserve funds on the ascent </b><br />
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The resultant cost reserve funds as to the four methodology expanded always, however fluctuated altogether amongst inpatient and outpatient offices. The aggregate cost sparing/method in 2014 was significant running from $4,505 if there should arise an occurrence of hysterectomy to $17,530 as respects angioplasty. The rate of yearly cost acceleration was on higher agree as to inpatient techniques and brought about a rising the aggregate cost putting something aside for outpatient strategies. The rate of heightening was impacted by different viewpoints including repayment rules, cost piece with respect to the inpatient and outpatient framework and difference in the patients' wellbeing conditions.<br />
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<b>3. Increment in outpatient system </b><br />
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Amid this examination, Hysterectomies indicated generous move towards outpatient strategies. The extent of those restorative procedures raised from 36 percent to 64 percent, then again the extent of outpatient lumbar/spine medical procedure raised to 82 percent from 61 percent. While, the offer of Angioplasty outpatient developed insignificantly from 43 percent to 50 percent. Then again, laparoscopic gallbladder medical procedure keeps on staying unaffected as this had moved to outpatient by 2010 and recorded 80 percent.<br />
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<b>4. Impressive cost investment funds in Hysterectomies </b><br />
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The outpatient methodology for hysterectomies created valid and raising cost reserve funds. By and large, the distinction between the inpatient per-technique cost and outpatient expanded from $2,781 in 2010 to $4,505 by 2014. The patients set aside, by and large, $483 out-of-stash costs in 2014 by deciding on outpatient techniques. The regular stomach hysterectomy, which is done in inpatient setting, keeps on remaining the most prevalent careful technique and record for almost 50 percent of hysterectomies. In any case, stomach and vaginal hysterectomies needed to clear a path for the progressed laparoscopic and automated helped laparoscopic activities, which are more good to outpatient setting.<br />
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<b>5. Fall in out-of-stash costs in Lumbar/Spine Surgery </b><br />
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Notwithstanding mounting careful costs, outpatient lumbar/spine methods indicated expanded investment funds in the cost, from a normal sparing per strategy of $5,269 in 2010 to $8,475 in 2014. The funds were $320 overall in out-of-take costs by embraced outpatient process. Over the span of this examination, lumbar/spine techniques moved to the outpatient framework by pretty much 20 rate focuses, to 82 percent from 61 percent. This move to outpatient setting came about because of drop in inpatient use by in excess of 50 percent. Subsequently, the use for lumbar/spine stayed unaltered, all in all.<br />
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<b>6. Huge investment funds for outpatient Angioplasties </b><br />
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Outpatient angioplasties likewise gave in surprising expense investment funds regardless of unassuming development of outpatient over the span of the investigation. The distinction in system cost by and large amongst outpatient and inpatient developed from $11,062 in 2010 to $17,530 in 2014. The investment funds in out-of-stash costs on a normal were $1,062 by taking outpatient method in 2014. The proportion of outpatient angioplasty systems developed humbly from 43 percent to 50 percent, amid the examination time frame, however generally use of angioplasties diminished. This was the result of a staff lessening in inpatient systems, and a minor drop in outpatient activities.<br />
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<b>7. Gallbladder methodology; outpatient funds increment </b><br />
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The outpatient gallbladder evacuations additionally recorded expanding cost funds disregarding having an unfaltering proportion of outpatient techniques made in the time of study. The per-method cost distinction amongst inpatient and outpatient expanded by and large from $8,299 in 2010 to $11,262 in 2014. The investment funds by and large were $924 in out-of-stash spending in an outpatient procedure. The greater part of gallbladder medical procedures changed to outpatient setup in view of imaginative of laparoscopic methods and present day negligibly intrusive advances.<br />
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<b>Conclusion: </b><br />
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Because of the advances in medicinal innovation, medications like minor medical procedures and physical recovery can be completed as outpatient mind. The usage of Telehealth programming makes the outpatient techniques significantly more powerful.<br />
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Outpatient mind gives numerous advantages to patients. Above all else, they can recoup in the solace of their own home while making the most of their own nourishment as opposed to the healing center sustenance. They can likewise appreciate exercises of their decision that does not negate limitations given by their human services supplier. The patient supplier correspondence is at the core of outpatient systems and contributes incredibly to making the technique exceptionally fruitful. The best care will be driven through simple and advantageous interchanges among suppliers, patients, parental figures, and pros - and a patient provider communication stage can help with this experience.<br />
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All the more essentially, outpatient strategies as a rule cost not as much as the practically identical inpatient methods. Remaining in a healing center notwithstanding for only one night of perception isn't shoddy. Indeed, even those having great medical coverage can make huge investment funds, of up to a great many dollars, by choosing outpatient systems.</div>
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The cardiovascular ailment is the main source of death all around. In 2015, an expected 17.7 million individuals passed on from a heart-related issue - that is 31 percent of the aggregate passings that year. It's not only the United States, either. More than 75 percent of cardiovascular ailment related passings occur in low-and center pay nations. However, the issue is gravely genuine here at home, also. One out of four passings in the United States is a result or something to that effect of coronary illness.<br />
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<b>Types of Heart Disease:</b><br />
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● Coronary course sickness is a condition in which the muscles of the heart can't get enough blood and oxygen since developments of greasy plaques obstruct the coronary supply routes. This prompts heart assaults, harm to the heart, and can bring about sudden passing.<br />
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● Silent Ischemia is a kind of coronary illness in which the bloodstream to the heart muscle is lessened, yet the subject encounters next to no torment or side effects. They may encounter inconvenience while striving physically.<br />
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● Myocardial Infarction- - also called a heart assault - happens when bloodstream is blocked and the heart muscle is harmed. The harm can be turned around if the blockage is expelled and the heart, in the long run, gets the blood, oxygen, and supplements it needs to repair itself.<br />
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● Congestive heart disappointment is the point at which the heart can't draw enough blood to address the issues of the subject's body. There are different reasons for congestive heart disappointment - it's extremely even more a bunch of side effects, as opposed to a solitary illness. Regularly, heart disappointment happens bit by bit after some time as opposed to all of a sudden, which means millions are living with congestive heart disappointment at this moment. As per information gathered in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the number of grown-ups living with heart disappointment expanded from 5.7 million out of 2009-2012 to an expected 6.5 million out of 2011-2014. The number is relied upon to increment significantly more in the coming years.<br />
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● An arrhythmia happens when the heart's electrical framework does not work ordinarily, causing anomalous rhythms or "arrhythmias."<br />
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● Heart abandons happen when impediments called stenosis create in the subject's heart valves, supply routes or veins, halfway or totally obstructing the stream of blood.<br />
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● Peripheral corridor ailment creates when greasy plaques or atherosclerosis can likewise influence courses that supply oxygen-rich blood to different territories of the body including the legs and feet. The blockage denies the appendages of oxygen and supplements, delivering side effects including deadness, torment, swelling, and ulcers.<br />
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<b>Tips for Preventing Heart Disease </b><br />
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The amazing insights with respect to the pervasiveness of coronary illness have numerous individuals pondering what they can do to help secure themselves and keep an early demise because of this very normal executioner. While a couple of the sorts - arrhythmia, and heart abandon, for example - are not preventable, most instances of coronary illness are to a great extent preventable with a solid way of life. The main sources of coronary illness incorporate numerous nourishment related issues, for example, weight, elevated cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. The most widely recognized reason is plaque development or atherosclerosis, which is caused by correctable issues including being overweight, unfortunate eating routine, the absence of activity, and smoking. Besides, physical and passionate pressure both put quantifiable and reproducible requests on the heart that can prompt noteworthy cardiovascular issues.<br />
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● Eating a solid eating routine lessens your danger of coronary illness. Consolidating "great" fats into your dinners while maintaining a strategic distance from "terrible" fats keeps your corridors free from blockage. Polyunsaturated and Monounsaturated fats found in olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocados, and fish enable the body to grow high thickness lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol which expels low thickness lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from the body. "Awful" fats including soaked and trans fats found in shoddy nourishment make the body grow excessively LDL cholesterol which prompts plaque arrangement in the corridors. An eating regimen loaded with negligibly prepared sustenances pressed with heart-sound polyunsaturated omega-3 unsaturated fats ought to be the objective. Take in more about "great" versus "awful" fats here.<br />
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● Physical exercise holds weight under wraps, works the heart muscles, and lessens the pressure that can harm the heart muscles.<br />
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● Smoking is a gigantic hazard factor for coronary illness. On the off chance that you smoke, quit. On the off chance that you don't smoke, don't begin and keep away from used smoke however much as could reasonably be expected.<br />
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● Excessive liquor utilization harms the heart and raises circulatory strain. Point of confinement liquor admission to two servings for every day at most.<br />
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Coronary illness is the main source of death around the globe, yet it is generally preventable. There are different sorts of heart maladies and keeping in mind that some of them are hereditary, various them result from plaque development caused by an undesirable way of life. Eating a solid eating regimen, working out, and abstaining from smoking and in addition liquor can significantly diminish a man's danger of creating coronary illness.<br />
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The United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced a new voluntary bundled payment model initiative known as the <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced).</strong></div>
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Announced at the beginning of 2018, the BPCI Advanced has come in within just months after several mandatory bundled payment programs were canceled. During their initial phases, bundled payment initiatives had exhibited great promise. But later on, many challenges, ranging from identifying patients, understanding provider claim inputs and defining effective strategies, cropped up. The design of the new BPCI program<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>has renewed the interest in episodic cost management as it counteracts the risks and complex implications connected to the former Medicare program MACRA.</div>
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Understanding Bundled Payments</h2>
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Building up a high quality, but affordable and accessible healthcare system that puts patients first is the foremost goal at CMS. Previously, Medicare used to make separate payments to healthcare providers such as hospitals, post-acute care providers, physicians, etc. for each and every service performed for their patients irrespective of whether it was a single and short illness or a prolonged course of treatment. But they discovered that this payment model resulted in fragmented care, a lack of <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">patient engagement </a><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"></strong>and coordination between providers and healthcare settings. Care providers were being rewarded for the number of services offered rather than the quality of their care.</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Bundled payments for care improvement</strong> which align incentives for providers were more effective and efficient as it encourages them to work closely together across all settings and specialties. All the payments of multiple services that beneficiaries receive during an episode of care are linked together. Healthcare providers involved in this payment arrangement are held accountable both performance-wise and financially for episodes of care. This leads to better <span style="word-wrap: break-word;">patient engagement,</span> coordination and more <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/value-based-care" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.501960784313726);"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">value-based care</span></span> solutions</a> at a lower cost to Medicare. Those receiving the bundled payments may either end up with gains or losses depending on how successfully they handled their resources and costs during each episode of care.</div>
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Medicare promoted BPCI bundled payment<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>programs as they have proven to decrease the providers' total expense on 90-day episodes. This BPCI Medicare<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>payment model provides a lump sum bonus if aggregate fee-for-service (FFS) costs are less than an episodic benchmark. There are also penalties if the FFS costs are higher than the benchmark. This design of the BPCI program<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>is aimed to motivate providers in decreasing their total episodic expenditures. This also includes the addition of internal costs of items such as implants.</div>
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Under the retrospective approach adopted by the BPCI Advanced, the total FFS payment for a Clinical Episode is retrospectively reconciled against a preset target price. The Benchmark Price is set by taking into consideration the historical Medicare FFS spending, the Episode Initiator's efficiency relative to its peers over time and the adjustments for patient characteristics and regional spending trends. A discount, known as the CMS Discount, is applied to the Benchmark Price to calculate the Target Price. Some of the major advantages of BPCI Advanced over the former BPCI program are the introduction of prospective pricing and the risk adjustment at both the provider and beneficiary level. The annual re-basing of Target Prices are also expected to generate more accurate pricing.</div>
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CMS Announcements on BPCI Advanced</h2>
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The BPCI Advanced is classified as an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) under the Quality Payment Program. The first group of participants is set to be active from October 1, 2018, and the model period performance will be for three months, until December 31, 2023.</div>
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All applications were processed via the BPCI Advanced Application Portal. Applications submitted outside of the Application Portal were not be accepted. Incomplete applications were also rejected. As per the plan, Target Prices are to be calculated and distributed to the applicants before the first performance period of each year. The target prices for this year are expected to be distributed in May 2018 and the applicants have time up to August 2018 to sign their participation agreements.</div>
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Before signing the BPCI Advanced Agreement, participants have the option to review a summary of beneficiary claims data and line-level beneficiary claims. This is expected to be distributed by the end of May 2018. Participants who wish to view this information have to fill a Data Request and Attestation (DRA) form during their application process. They have to provide the time period for the requested data and also the legal basis for disclosure under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This helps to get a valuable insight into a provider's care delivery processes and costs. If any applicant feels the current BPCI Medicare program is not a good fit for them, then a written request can be given to withdraw the application. For those who are unable to apply this time. a second application opportunity is expected from CMS in January 2020.</div>
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Clinical Episodes in BPCI Advanced Model</h2>
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CMS has announced that the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model will test a new iteration of bundled payments for 32 Clinical Episode which includes 29 inpatient Clinical Episodes and 3 outpatient Clinical Episodes. Participants of the BPCI Advanced will be held accountable for one or more Clinical Episodes from the launch of the program in October 2018 and are not allowed to add or drop such Clinical Episodes until January 1, 2020.</div>
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INPATIENT CLINICAL EPISODES</h3>
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<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Disorders of the liver excluding malignancy, cirrhosis, alcoholic hepatitis</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Acute myocardial infarction</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Back & neck except spinal fusion</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Cardiac arrhythmia</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Cardiac defibrillator</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Cardiac valve</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Cellulitis</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Cervical spinal fusion</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">COPD, bronchitis, asthma</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Combined anterior-posterior spinal fusion</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Congestive heart failure</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Coronary artery bypass graft</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Double joint replacement of the lower extremity</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Fractures of the femur and hip or pelvis</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Gastrointestinal obstruction</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Hip & femur procedures except major joint</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Lower extremity/humerus procedure except hip, foot, femur</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Major bowel procedure</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Major joint replacement of the lower extremity</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Major joint replacement of the upper extremity</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Pacemaker</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Percutaneous coronary intervention</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Renal failure</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Sepsis</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Simple pneumonia and respiratory infections</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Spinal fusion (non-cervical)</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Stroke</li>
<li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Urinary tract infection</li>
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The Conveners for BPCI Advanced program</h2>
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From hospitals and physicians to post-acute providers, multiple independent parties are engaged in delivering patient care across an episode. An organization that brings together these various care-providing parties is called a convener. The convener distributes the above-mentioned bonus or pays the penalty incurred with higher than benchmark FFS costs. The BPCI Advanced program applications were due on March 12. Starting on Oct. 1, 2018, the participants are subject to immediate downside risk.</div>
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<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Any organization can play the role of convener,</strong> but they must have an adequate administrative capacity, the financial capacity to take on the risks and the ability to gain the trust of the various bundle participants. Hospitals, large physician groups, third-party consultancies, or specialty associations like the Academy of Academic Medical Colleges can serve conveners who rally local providers into agreements.</div>
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Since there is significant financial risk associated with the BPCI Advanced model, several conveners of the former BPCI dropped out when downside risk was phased in. But the organizations that had started to manage the previous bundled payment models successfully, are likely to succeed under downside risk as they will be more prepared for it. Organizations like consulting groups and product suppliers who do not have the ability to directly initiate episodic spending may find the risk levels in the BPCI Advanced<strong style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </strong>program too high for them. Since post-acute facilities are also unable to initiate episodes under the new BPCI Advanced model, they may not be interested in serving as conveners either.</div>
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Lifecycle Health has designed a healthcare care coordination and patient management software platform where all individuals involved in patient’s episode of care, including the patient and all the care providers, are able to coordinate and collaborate throughout the treatment episode. Though it may seem like Greek to most, our team of experts at Lifecycle Health understand what CMS is looking for. The Lifecycle Health cloud platform organizes <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">multi-provider care teams around patient episodes and manages patients along the care continuum that save providers time and costs</strong>. From the quality of care to costs and patient satisfaction, the Lifecycle Health platform allows its members to get real-time visibility into a patient’s episode of the various providers involved. Allow us to guide your organization to efficiently master the all-new <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">bundled payment program, the BPCI Advanced</strong>.</div>
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If a convener, physician group, ACO, or hospital wants to become effective at managing risks for episodes for bundled payments or BPCI Advanced, -- they should look at utilizing the Lifecycle Health platform. Lifecycle Health can provide them the platform to improve their internal care coordination, or they can also the partner and utilize the Lifecycle Care Coordination service that is <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">a turn-key solution utilizing</strong> the platform and plugs right into existing processes for patient care except the <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Lifecycle Health Patient Navigation and Coordination service</strong> to follow patients post-acute.</div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA37.8271784 -122.2913078000000334.6020229 -127.47685480000003 41.0523339 -117.10576080000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-75150707098844842652018-03-16T05:08:00.000-07:002018-03-16T05:08:47.692-07:00 Here are the 3 Tips You Need to Fight Obesity by Focusing on Wellness Activities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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that it is a seemingly impossible battle. Fad diets, conflicting information
from experts, busy schedules, and waning motivation are just a few of the
hurdles standing in your path to losing weight. Now that the focus is shifting
from dieting to living a healthy lifestyle centered on wellness-focused
activities, you may find it easier to win the battle against obesity once and
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<span lang="EN">If you lead a sedentary lifestyle, it is
difficult to break your habits and exercise regularly. If you avoid working out
because you don’t want to join a gym, you are not alone. Fortunately, you can
start moving more and begin looking forward to working out if you find a
workout routine that is enjoyable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">One way to begin is to go walking with a
friend. You’ll feel less like you’re working out and more like you’re getting
time to catch up when you turn your walk into an hour of talking and laughing.
It’s also better to work out with someone who will help you stay accountable.
This accountability partner should be someone you trust and enjoy spending time
with; choose someone who will not judge you while keeping you on track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Another way to find an enjoyable workout
routine is to try out various YouTube exercise videos. With a quick search, you
can find free workout routines for beginners. You also can search by the type
of exercise you think you’d like to do, from yoga to indoor walking. If you
want to skip the search, check out this list of best YouTube workout videos
from <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/health/nation/best-fitness-youtube-channels-for-bodyweight-workouts"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Thrillist</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">You also can schedule times to do online
workouts with your accountability partner – consider video chatting during the
workout to motivate one another. The best part about using online workout
videos – other than saving tons of money on a gym membership – is that you can
try out as many as you’d like until you find the one that you enjoy the most.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">It seems counterintuitive to think of resting
when you’re trying to lead a healthy lifestyle, but getting plenty of sleep is
a key component of wellness. Sleep and rest help you learn, process memories,
restore your energy, and repair muscles. Strive to get seven to eight hours of
sleep per night and take steps to improve the quality of your sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Wind down before bedtime instead of exercising
right before bed. Also, put away your electronics about an hour before you hit
the sheets. Dim bedroom lights and declutter so that you can relax and drift
off to sleep more quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">The only diet you should think about when
fighting obesity is a balanced one. Take a new approach to eating by taking the
word “diet” out of your vocabulary. Choose whole foods and grains, water, and
lean proteins. Watch your portion sizes and avoid rewarding yourself for
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<span lang="EN">Have healthy snacks like almonds, carrot
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healthy recipes with your accountability partner and plan meals together on the
weekend so you are set for the week ahead and don’t find yourself at a
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<span lang="EN">If you have tried everything to fight obesity
but aren’t successful, talk to your doctor about bariatric surgery. This option
especially is recommended for people with a body mass index (BMI) greater than
40, but people with a lower BMI coupled with health concerns also are eligible.
For more information on bariatric surgery <a href="https://www.qunomedical.com/en/resources/bariatric-surgery-guide"><span style="color: #1155cc;">click here</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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consume. Patients often see rapid, significant weight loss, but you will need a
brief hospital stay and have the potential for long-term vitamin deficiencies
if you don’t maintain a proper diet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.712891000000013-36.610680499999994 98.349608999999987 90 70.224608999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-56993472697433853532018-02-21T23:43:00.002-08:002018-02-21T23:58:13.832-08:003 Reasons Why Value-Based Care Options of Patient Engagement Improve Treatment Quality for Patients<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When it comes to <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/value-based-care" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">value-based care</a> options, experiments are still ongoing with better and highly-evolved choices expected to come to the forefront in the days to come. However, it does not in indicate that the present options in any way lack the treatment quality for patients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rather there has been a massive rise in the number of people looking for the flexible and economical ways of treatment that a value-based healthcare system offers -- and the demand has multiplied in all the three domains of healthcare including physical, mental and social. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The constant pursuit of mankind to create a healthier society has been stunted by the emergence of chronic diseases in aging populations. It is where a value-based healthcare concept seems to be highly effective and in line with the real objective of health care: increasing value. The health outcomes measure value which certainly matters to the patients who analyze it relative to the cost of achieving these outcomes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A value-based care is a type of reimbursement that decides the payments for care delivery based on the quality of care provided by the care provider. It rewards providers for both effective <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">patient engagement</a>, care effectiveness, and efficiency. In the past few years, this type of reimbursement has evolved as one of the most efficient alternatives and potential replacement for the regular fee-for-service type of reimbursements in which the patients/payer pay the provider retrospectively for the services they deliver on annual fee schedules or bill charges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The traditional fee-for-service reimbursement model promotes quantity of services. However, lately, the federal medical programs have developed multiple reimbursement programs rewarding healthcare providers for the quality of care they provide to the patients. The primary aim of such value-based care programs is to fulfill three objectives:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To provide better care to individual patients</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Improving the strategies for population health management</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reducing the overall healthcare costs</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to a study that was published in BMJ Quality & Safety in 2017 the chances of re-hospitalization were reduced by 39% with better <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">patient-provider communication</strong></a> and a higher score of patient satisfaction. Those patients who perceived that their healthcare providers were truly giving them due attention and were listening to them keenly reported 32% less readmission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The study also showed that better patient engagement improved the overall wellness including patient-goal setting. A value-based care system ensures that the patient and provider engagement is focused and the caretaker gives all the attention to the patient. The value-based payment structures make the maintenance of a consistently high level of health of the patients possible and it can be further enhanced with better communication and patient education.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Also visit:</b> <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2017/3/8/4-provider-patient-communication-considerations" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2017/3/8/4-provider-patient-communication-considerations</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3 Reasons How Value-Based Care Can Improve Treatment Quality Of Patients</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">1. CUTS DOWN MISDIAGNOSIS CHANCES</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With the cost pressures in the healthcare sector increasing steadily, established remuneration models related to healthcare services are now undergoing transition around the world. Now fees for performance and value-based systems are most eagerly preferred over the increased fees for service. Even the major players in the medical fraternity including Medicare and Medicaid in the United States, the National Healthcare Institute in the Netherlands, the National Health Service in the UK and many other leading university hospitals in Europe have taken a step in this direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Correct and timely diagnosis is the path to a successful and positive patient outcome. When a patient visits a doctor for the first time, the initial few minutes are dedicated to determining the subsequent steps that directly influence the cost and of course the treatment. The diagnosis itself is a complex challenge it has a high potential for human error as well as errors that arise from the whole system itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Misdiagnosis is a serious issue that can lead to unnecessary treatment of non-existing conditions or improper treatment or even proper yet delayed treatment. All these issues not only impact the patient but also the provider. More often, the diagnostic errors are caused as a result of staff shortages, temporary overwork or even time pressure. The occurrence of diagnostic errors can be restricted with the help of a <a href="https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/whitepaper/7-ways-to-improve-patient-outcomes-in-the-new-world-of-value-based-care" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">modern software-based workforce management system</a> that contributes in optimizing the organization of in-house resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When robust hospital information systems and innovative user-friendly diagnostic tools are used it cuts down errors leading to faster and accurate diagnosis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. GREATER TRANSPARENCY LEADS TO IMPROVED OUTCOMES</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is an established fact that quality of diagnosis, treatment decisions based on this diagnosis and the monitoring of the treatment can have a significant impact on the patient outcomes. However, it is very much important that the results are transparent if improved outcomes are expected. According to economist Michel Porter, the providers do not have an option but to improve value if they want to survive the challenges of lower payment rates and potential loss of market share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although the hospital managers are well aware of this situation, they are not aware of the suitable measurement methods. With the <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/home/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">patient engagement software</strong></a>, a healthcare provider is solely dedicated to one patient and all his attention is focused on the patient. The discussion is more on a one-to-one basis with the patient entirely depending on the provider for his suggestions. The credibility of the healthcare provider is at stake and he is certainly handling more responsibility of taking care of the patient across the care continuum while serving a hospital environment and after the patient starts their recovery outside the hospital stay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The approach is more practical and effective as no payment adjustments are expected. The transparency in communication ensures that patient is well aware of the condition and is prepared to face the health challenges, and is more accountable for their own responsibilities for a good recovery. This ultimately leads to a positive outcome for the healthcare providers as well as the patient is well aware of their recovery needs and responsibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today’s healthcare organizations are highly sophisticated albeit fragmented, a collection of service providers. Until a decade ago, a patient’s case ended with a transfer to a specialist or another provider or discharge. However, follow-up was not considered an important step in the success of a treatment. The rising costs have made the payers more aware of the methods to optimize the use of available healthcare resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is quite possible to improve patient outcomes as well as reduce the costs by embracing the overall patient journey and following patients using the latest value-based care health software. Even the law supports and favors healthcare organizations in the U.S. that foster communication, coordination, and follow-up with the specialists, rehabilitation centers, and general practitioners whom the patients visit after discharge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The patients can easily communicate with their respective specialists and healthcare providers using the same platform without patients having to leave their homes, and healthcare providers keep a tab on a patient's health condition without incurring extra costs for the services offered by the hospitals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With the leverage Lifecycle Health technology platform and patient navigation services, you can easily transform a healthcare provider's operations and patient care services into a streamlined, affordable, and effective patient experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Managing a healthcare facility with utmost precision is not an easy task. As a physician and business owner of a facility, you are aware that when resources are limited and the in-house staff is getting smaller and smaller, having patient tracking software and tools to maximize efficiency while providing an excellent patient engagement is the need of the hour.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Having technological solutions to track patient care can aid in every step, right from checking in new patients to managing their care with the correct treatments and medication. Streamlining your operations, with the help of patient care software result in better care for your patient’s.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Staff deficiencies and working in double shifts is a common thing in a healthcare facility, where specialists and overburdened attendants must keep on providing responsive care to patients. Through patient monitoring solutions, healthcare providers can handle multiple duties without getting bogged down in a solitary location. Staff can remotely program patient procedures and can also be alerted to changes in the physical condition of a patient. By using Wi-Fi empowered cell phones particularly intended for healthcare services, such as telehealth solutions can enhance the speed and nature of restorative treatment, even when there is a shortage of in-house staff.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The healthcare industry is quickly embracing the patient engagement tools such as the tracking system to have the capacity to precisely and quickly ensure they have the correct data. The precise information that is easily available ensures a seamless <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/">patient-provider engagement</a> while maximizing your facilities bottom line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Complete and accurate information likewise also leads to precise medical billing at registration, as all the products and services have been noted down by the software when they were treated. It’s a known secret that every medical organization needs to be profitable. With an efficient </span>patient tracking solution, facilities can reduce operational and overhead costs, while providing <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/value-based-care">value based care</a>. Empowering your staff with the correct technological tools enables them to accomplish more with less.</span></div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0California, USA36.778261 -119.4179323999999823.8172745 -140.16011989999998 49.739247500000005 -98.675744899999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-55333146482712859762018-01-11T22:36:00.000-08:002018-01-11T22:36:26.246-08:00Growing Significance Of Value-Based Care Programs For The Purchasers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The healthcare industry in the United States widely differs from the other countries in finance distribution and other aspects. Other countries follow a universal insurance program that is administered publicly. However, in the US, a huge number of private and public insurance programs finances healthcare and these programs are administered by the purchasers.</div>
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Medicare and Medicaid are the primary group purchasers who invest in the public healthcare programs. Apart from that, purchasing cooperatives and employers of different organizations are the purchasers for the private healthcare programs. The last decade saw a rise in the number of public as well as private healthcare purchasers.</div>
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Purchasers Demanding Transparency</h2>
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With the advancement in technology, things have become more streamlined and both these types of purchasers are demanding transparency. Instead of simply giving away the checks to the healthcare providers or the insurance companies, they now are eagerly looking into the entire process. The purchasers now want to measure, monitor and improve the healthcare quality they are receiving.</div>
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It means that they want to have a clear-cut idea about the type and quality of healthcare service they are paying for. The way of approach may be different varying from one purchaser to the other. However, collectively this approach has been termed as value-based purchasing (VBP). </div>
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Health Care Quality Is The Major Criteria</h2>
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Over the years <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/value-based-care" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">value-based care</a> purchasers have become more alert and are demanding a look into every billing footed by the insurance company or the healthcare institutions. One of the reasons is that the healthcare costs have grown rapidly in the last two decades which has even outpaced the economy growth worldwide.</div>
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Since this increase in the healthcare costs have come at a time when economic uncertainty is looming on the horizon, many employers are now forced to question whether their expenditures in the healthcare field are really worth. Moreover, recent evidence also suggest that despite paying the competitive pay for the healthcare services, the purchasers have been provided with poor quality service which also includes misuse of the money, medical errors, and waste.</div>
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Even though a lot of activity is underway when it comes to value-based healthcare, its impact on the healthcare costs and quality is yet to be established. Hence it is very much important for the purchasers to evaluate these activities and identify as well as establish and adopt tactics that are beneficial for them and avoid those that have been found to be of no use.</div>
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Defining Value-Based Purchasing</h2>
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The definition can vary a bit depending upon the type of purchasers. However, broadly speaking you can refer to value-based purchasing as any practice that aims to improve or add value to the healthcare services. In this case, the value should be taken into account on the parameters of cost and quality both being equally important. </div>
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In other words, the primary goal of value-based purchasing is to improve the healthcare quality provided to the patients and others who are receiving these services. </div>
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Significance Of Adopting Value-Based Techniques As Healthcare Purchaser</h2>
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By adopting value-based techniques the healthcare purchasers can expect to fulfill their several goals. These include:</div>
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One of the primary reasons to focus on value-based techniques is to improve quality. And the implementation of this feature can lead to changes in the health status of the communities as well as individuals. It is important to be realistic while evaluating the impact of VBP activities on the status of health and also to recognize other factors that can make an impact on the outcomes.</div>
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Implementation of VBP activities leads to greater satisfaction both for the purchaser as well as the patient/ community. Although it is many times difficult to assess one main reason for the improvement in satisfaction level, more often, it has got to do with quality.</div>
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3. REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURE</h3>
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One of the primary goals of these activities is to cut down the cost of healthcare service. From measuring the premiums to the payments made to the providers, the purchasers focus on every aspect of the payment that goes through them for paying the healthcare services offered to the patients. They can also plan to save on this expenditure by initiating few regular checkup programs.</div>
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For example, starting an asthma care unit can cut down the emergency trips to the hospital thereby reducing the expenditure. Another example, patient monitoring after the primary procedure or condition diagnosis outside the clinic environment, can help in knowing if the patient really needs all of the services along their recovery path. There many additional ways that move from a mindset of “reactive” to “proactive” healthcare monitoring and services.</div>
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4. ENCOURAGING HIGH-QUALITY PLAN SELECTION</h3>
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Another indirect object of the VBP activities is to motivate and encourage the selection of high-quality health plans and providers that includes nursing homes, medical groups, and hospitals. The theory behind this is that if the individuals are able to choose high-quality healthcare programs and providers they are at an advantage of experiencing major improvements in their health status.</div>
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5. APPROPRIATE USE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES</h3>
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Purchasers also aim to reduce inappropriate utilization of healthcare services through the VBP activities such as antibiotic prescriptions for viral infections or unnecessary Caesarean Section. On the other hand, appropriate utilization of healthcare facilities such as preventive care screenings like mammograms and carrying out recommended immunizations can be encouraged.</div>
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Lately, major healthcare purchasers are keenly looking into issues concerning the patients and their safety. More often, their VBP programs are targeted at reducing the medical errors through better <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">patient engagement</a> and cutting down omission errors such as wrong diagnosis, or failure to diagnose a particular health condition needing immediate treatment or errors of the commission such as wrong surgical procedures or overdose of a medication.</div>
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Naturally, reduction in medical errors is bound to improve the quality of the healthcare service and reduce its overall cost as well. </div>
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Value-Based Health Care Models</h2>
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As of now a lot of healthcare organizations such as Geisinger Health System, Cleveland Clinic, and Kaiser Permanente are trying out a variety of value-based models and are ready to take a financial risk so that spending can be controlled in a major way. The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has already come up with several models like:</div>
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These models can surely help the purchasers and the healthcare systems to move ahead in the direction of paying for value. </div>
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Using Telehealth To Improve Value-Based Service</h2>
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Video visits are helping the providers largely to provide personalized care for the patients. That is why there is a growing demand for telehealth as it not only cuts down the cost but also improves the patient engagements-both the factors that are at the core of any value-based program.</div>
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Telehealth has a broad meaning and includes various activities such as mobile apps, email consults, activity-tracking wristbands, and clinician-patient video visits. The 2015 American Well Telemedicine Consumer Survey has revealed that 64 percent Americans are more willing to have a video visit with their caregiver rather than going to his clinic and wasting time in commuting. </div>
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Using Digital Health Patient Management platforms to Automate and Enable Monitoring of Patients</h2>
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Digital Patient Management platforms, such as Lifecycle Health and others, help in solving one of the toughest problems that an accountable provider has: How do I monitor, track and engage my patients after the visit, procedure, or in other words “leave the clinic or hospital”? This problem is not financially feasible to manually tackle through additional nurses, patient navigators, and coordinators — it adds to the cost of care, which is the opposite direction the provider needs to go.</div>
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Utilizing a sophisticated platform to automate routine physician “rounds” for recovering patients or monitor key data points for congestive heart failure patients, orthopedic hip and knee replacement patients, spinal procedures, and any other key patient procedure is critical to reducing costs, but more importantly feasibly being able to monitor and engage the patient outside the provider location.</div>
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Behavioral health patients for alcohol, drug and opiate conditions can also be engaged and nurtured along their recovery paths. Monitoring and helping not only the patient, but also engage the circle of caregivers supporting that individual along their recovery.</div>
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With the patient care continuum improving largely due to value-based service and digital enhancements in medical technology, purchasers are certainly keen to adopt these new changes and make such VBP activities a major part of their healthcare programs.</div>
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If you are looking for any such telehealth video or patient management platform to help your organization more efficient and effective then, Lifecycle Health is the one you can trust. Not only does it is great at arranging quick and effective patient video visits, but it can be effectively used with other providers to monitor patients along the continuum.</div>
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Importantly, Lifecycle health also allows you to do a lot of other after-visit activities such as monitoring patients, follow-up visits, communicating and messaging the patients efficiently in a secure way, and much more. </div>
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Engagement, monitoring, telehealth video and telehealth messages — Both web and mobile — all available on one single platform! To know more about this highly sophisticated value-based healthcare platform please visit: <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/</a>. </div>
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A total care arrangement is the developing need of great importance as patients are looking towards speedier recuperation and better treatment. The fundamental necessity of a patient is to accomplish successful outcomes with bring down spending. A patient strategizes his treatment arrangement as per this brilliant run the show. With a specific end goal to grow the patient care limit and lessen post-visit perceivability of any patient, a ton of choices have developed as of late. A patient care software with incorporation of tweaked plans is an ideal answer for this flourishing medicinal services advertise, taking into account a great many individuals.<br />
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A feasible patient engagement programming includes the convalescing of patient through specialized aptitude. It is a blend of methodological procedures, alongside an incorporated patient entryway that executes strategy at each phase of treatment. Normal studies are led to extemporize the attainability of therapeutics. <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" target="_blank">Patient engagement</a> software is an amalgamation of learning, data innovation and inspiration. This motorization of doctoring is the current achievement in the medicinal restraining infrastructure. To the extent the telehealth request of business is concerned, customary practices of going to a specialist are decreasing at a quick rate.<br />
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Another imperative perspective under medicinal supervision is <span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">provider engagement software</span></a></span>. The need of an expert update is better coordination and doling out guardians finish opportunity with the goal that patients can get fulfilled by their necessities. It involves a date-book of video visits, a stage to share pictures, and a safe informing office with mechanized supplier alarms. An online wordy work process of the care attempted outcomes from consistent patient observing by means of portable applications. The correct blend of patient correspondence innovation alongside a straightforward UI identifies with a flawless telehealth application which goes about as a model of computerized treatment.<br />
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The execution of human services changes over the globe has brought out many changes in the way patients experience their mending procedure. Hospitalization has dependably been considered as a costly treatment instrument. In any case, as of late, life sciences alongside biomedical headway in innovation have met up as an inseparable unit to give patients an efficient and a practical method for curing their disarranges. The two-path correspondence between the patient and the supplier is guaranteed by programming according to the prerequisite of the gatherings. The medicinal procedure completes on an application over the Internet which goes about as a self-recovery office for the patient.<br />
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Quiet care programming drives the customary finding techniques in an exceptionally helpful and methodical way. Everything identified with patients is on the dashboard of occasions, by means of a chain of advanced relationship instruments. It includes sharing of best practices in the business which have just provided food administrations to an assortment of patients with various prerequisites. The product represents considerable authority in expanding income and diminishing expenses with most extreme slant towards the bliss of patients.<br />
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<span style="color: #263238; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">The continuum of care program benefits the patient as it covers the delivery of healthcare over a certain interval of time. The value of </span>telehealth care<span style="color: #263238; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> corresponds to the amount of treatment undergone per dollar spent. This major shift in the health industry rewards physicians for coordinating care and providing cure to each situation which might arise in the patient’s duration of treatment. The switching between </span>caregivers<span style="color: #263238; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> or care institutions is done accordingly for maintaining the medical records in safe hands. The patient care </span>software, as well as the provider engagement software, <span style="color: #263238; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">helps the organization to boost up the treatment cycle quickly. The main goal of the healthcare industry has shifted to keep the population healthy, not on how many tests have been prescribed.</span></div>
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failure(CHF) is the aftereffect of drawing wastefulness of heart muscle because
of the arrangement of liquids around it. It is a genuine restorative issue
influencing around 6 million Americans yearly, where the patient needs to do a
few rounds of the doctor's facility every now and again. Limit heart courses,
stoutness, diabetes and hypertension are measuring factors while considering
CHF all in all. Because of less oxygen supply, the heart chambers prolong or
turn out to be thick and hardened. It blocks the entire body with liquid
arrangement in the arms, lungs, legs in the end ending up to a heart
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noteworthy classifications - systolic and diastolic whose manifestations
incorporate shortness of breath, aspiratory, edema, unpredictable pulse,
swelling and expanded need to urinate. Chest in the torment, blue skin and
blacking out jumps out at the patients with expanded phases of CHF. These are
the signs of a crisis circumstance which should be dealt with quickly. It is a
vital advance to track changes in the indications at each up and coming stage
amid the treatment. Since CHF, if left untreated can be deadly and intensify
the soundness of an effectively powerless heart. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #757575; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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exceptionally point by point process which requires impeccable consideration at
each restorative stage. <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/"><span style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">Patient
engagement</span></a> program bargains in mapping out a relentless
calendar for a helpful cure of heart related issues. Sparing your heart from
additionally harm and starting snappy recuperation methods to counter the
dangers related are the principle needs while choosing any treatment design. A
current report has demonstrated that patients who were evaluated instantly
after a CHF, had a superior involvement in arranging out their recuperation
methodologies. Substituting current medicinal treatment with a superior quality
option is the developing need of great importance. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #757575; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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Read more at: <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2017/5/29/importance-of-patient-engagement-in-healthcare"><span style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2017/5/29/importance-of-patient-engagement-in-healthcare</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #757575; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #757575; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;">On the
flipside, <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/"><span style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">telehealth</span></a> administrations
can avert and additionally log jam the movement of CHF. With the utilization of
telemonitoring frameworks, patients can be followed to keep up a sound weight,
perform adequate effort of the body and deal with their emotional well-being through
administered courses of reflection. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #757575; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/value-based-care"><span style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">value-based
healthcare</span></a> regime is</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #757575; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> light
with respect to the patient's pocket and the input it creates fulfills every
one of the necessities required to keep up a solid heart. A fortuitous
examination report with the utilization of most recent innovation is secured
under the telehealth visit sessions. It diminishes the patient's reliance on
healing centers by enhancing moderateness of the medications. The openness and
protection of patients is engaged by means of advanced correspondence and
remote coordination. A large portion of the telemonitoring is performed with
the utilization of business frameworks with at standard specialized frameworks
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Different investigations have
been embraced the whole way across the States, which communicates the
capability of telehealth programs in the patients with CHF. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27819920"><span style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">Study</span></a> demonstrates
that it was directed on a little gathering of 50 patients with a point and
hypothesis of conveying change to the telehealth business. The examination
finished up with vague outcomes, pronouncing just a single randomized control
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The best thing out of such
continuum of care programs is the enhanced personal satisfaction, which goes
about as a prevailing column on the patient's street to recouping from
cardiovascular disappointments. CHF is a significant issue and the successive
visits to ER isn't an indication that recovery is occurring inside the body.
The diminished death rate of cardiovascular patients has been an outline of
progress for the frameworks utilizing telehealth offices. The multifaceted
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center has to a great extent turned out to be advanced with the presentation of
patient engagement programming projects, which are a noteworthy leap forward in
the human services industry. Heart pros are finding a place for virtual
products to fit in with the goal that they can lessen the labor. Cardiovascular
medical problems are regularly comprehended by making a mutual activity design,
driving patient-focused basic leadership en route. <span lang="EN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/"><span style="color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">Patient provider
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knowledge and willingness to properly understand their circulatory system and
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Lifecycle Health is
continually endeavoring to explain the baffle of compelling unending
consideration which is a venturing stone towards practical human services
advancement. The interest of associations to advance and the train to apply the
best proof will convey the inheritance of telehealth benefits forward. The far
reaching utilization of such projects will prompt make mindfulness in the
brains of patients. The cloud benefit completely to synchronize with tolerant
exercises conveys astounding reorganization strategies. Making utilization of
Artificial Intelligence, to comprehend the prerequisites of heart patients
sister a quantum jump to annihilate the danger called as CHF. A legitimate
guide to hold hearts sound lies under the patient's care change philosophies.
Telehealth procedures in heart disappointment conditions has a capacity to
diminish mortality and hospitalization rates. For more info
visit: http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a technical version of the medicine care provided in hospital settings by a physician
and obviously requires a completely different skillset. As the motive of
implementation of telemedicine is to increase <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" target="_blank">patient engagement</a>, the facility
must be technically well-equipped with necessary components that are required
to make the therapy successful and more importantly must suffice the purpose of
engaging patients in their therapy processes so that the outcome is increased
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an effective telehealth visit, technology plays an important role. The US
population is growing and people aging 65 years and more is said to make up 19%
of the total US population by 2030 (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795318/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795318/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">).
As a result, the rate of chronic health conditions are also projected a
considerable increase and people will be spending more on chronic disease
management. The telehealth platforms for such aged population must be simple,
easy to use, and provide accessible features. Most importantly, users must be
properly trained to extract maximum benefit out of the user-friendly medicine
technology. On the other hand, it is easier for the younger population to use
the advanced telehealth mechanisms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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implementing a telemedicine procedure needs certain kind of pre-arrangements.
Let us have a closer look at the details to be considered while approaching for
a video visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a high-quality web camera:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic";"> To replicate the feel
of a real visit in a virtual visit, the need is to use a good quality camera.
Patients should be able to see the doctor</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">s
face clearly for feeling comfortable and responding positively to the treatment
procedure. Also, the doctors need to reassure that the patients are using a
webcam that is sufficient for a clear picture. Although most computers and
laptops feature an integrated webcam, patients must test the visual quality of
the cams before a virtual visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the camera at the eye level:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic";"> Leveling the camera
at the eye-level enables a better eye contact with the patient and ensure a
better connection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quality sound equipment:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Gothic";"> Most of the computer
systems today have built-in good quality sound systems. However, for a medical
communication to be successful, the sound equipment must be capable of
minimizing the background noise and detecting low frequency sounds that are not
in the hearing range of human ears. Also, both must perform a test using a
sound recording program on their systems to ensure proper audibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For a virtual visit, not only the required equipment needs to be installed
correctly, but the surrounding environment also must be taken into
consideration. It must be private and away from distractions as it is only then
that the patients will feel that their information is secured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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preparing for the virtual visit, the following things need to be considered:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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clarity of visibility to be able to see the person at the other end for
efficient interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and microphone is on and is audible to avoid any miscommunications during the
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However, there are certain specifications that pertain to particular
telemedicine platforms that are to be considered before implementing a virtual
visit between a doctor and a patient. At Lifecycle Health, we ensure that both
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visit so that there are no loopholes in the treatment procedure leading to any
ambiguities. Telehealth is introduced to simplify healthcare procedures and
invest in time-saving, cost-efficient methodologies. The Lifecycle team
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-7264763161056385432017-10-12T00:43:00.004-07:002017-10-12T00:43:46.231-07:005 Essential Tips for Improving Telemedicine Experience for Patients<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Telemedicine is a virtual facility where the medicinal services supplier and patient are at a separation from each other and endeavor to accomplish human services arrangements by conveying through the medium. In any case, there are sure pre-necessities that are fundamental for making the telemedicine an effective treatment. In our past blog, <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2017/9/7/telehealth-video-visits-6-ways-to-be-more-effective" target="_blank">Telemedicine Video Visits: Challenges and Solutions</a> we concentrated on the reasons why telemedicine does not function admirably with numerous facilities. In this blog, we will focus more on the specialized angles related with telemedicine.<br />
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Telemedicine is growing its land reach as it gives a superior openness to human services arrangements in provincial zones and concentrates more on tolerant engagement. In any case, to be successful, telehealth visits must be actualized remembering certain specialized perspectives, for example, strategizing, overseeing operational issues, considering administrative arrangements, and conceiving standard devices for a proficient and acceptable care conveyance. Innovation works just when the work processes are appropriately tried before usage with the goal that procedures can be refined in light of profitable criticism from a couple of clients to keep away from ignore when it is taken off at a bigger scale. It is watched that the vast majority of the telehealth visits neglect to elevate quiet engagement to the level they should, due to rebelliousness with standard conventions like correspondence.<br />
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A human ear is built to hear the high recurrence regular sounds however seems like the intestinal and thoracic sounds are low recurrence sounds and require eight times increasingly the endeavors when contrasted with that of a typical sound. Discernability is a critical factor in deciding the determination precision and treatment proficiency. This is what you may miss on:<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Clarity in correspondence</b> – A low quality of accounts clearly may prompt numerous other correspondence mistakes bringing about wrong conclusion and. At the point when the data is unintelligible and the doctor tries to take after a procedure for acquiring right data, it would baffle the patient as his profitable time is squandered which is unquestionably not acknowledged amid basic circumstances. Then again, if the doctor hops to perilous conclusions (like hearing 15mg as 50 mg), the effect would clearly be not kidding and could likewise prompt lawful results.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Accuracy in speaking to the tone</b> – Nasal obstacle, slurring, shortcoming, and mental status of the patients may go past understanding the patients' words and tone of discourse. In addition, a low quality sound may catch the accentuation put on a particular word or expression that is the way to conclusion exactness and treatment. For this situation, propelled sound preparing may help in adjusting the volume without bending.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Clarity in testing situations </b>– There might be many foundation clamors that would intrude on the accounts as they are hard to control and in such a domain if the patient has a strange complement or a peaceful voice, this may build the trouble in translating the sound. In such a case, there is a need of a framework that has finished state sanctioned tests to enhance discourse acknowledgment even within the sight of mutilating foundation commotions.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Enhanced auscultation</b> – To hear the sounds that are past human hearing limit like wheezing, heart mumbles, pleurisy, and stomach related manifestations even in a superb account, a sound framework is required which brings these variables into a discernable range that could be effortlessly handled by the human ear.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Improved efficiency</b> – When specialists redundantly request that patients rehash themselves or certain methods that weren't clear because of specialized lack of ability, it costs time, disappointment, and cash of the patient which could without much of a stretch be kept away from by utilizing a propelled sound preparing amid the first account. Clinicians must put resources into a genuine symptomatic quality sound framework that resultantly expands profitability and quality care.<br />
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Late advances in sound preparing units have attempted to address these issues by deciphering the sounds simply like the human sound-related cortex does and raising the low recurrence sounds without unnatural antiques. These propelled forms and numerous other post-preparing progresses that guarantee that the subsequent sound is without twisting and exact. This clearness is exceptionally fundamental to get the opportunity to see the real entire picture.<br />
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Telemedicine is an imperative apparatus that goes for enhancing quiet medicinal services encounters by giving high caliber, moderate social insurance. Telemedicine has improved care plausibility by centering more in sparing time and cash of the patients. At Lifecycle Health, we instigate propelled components that guide in making <a href="https://lifecyclehealthblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/telehealth-video-visits-6-ways-to-be-more-effective/" target="_blank">telehealth</a> a fruitful stage for both – guardians and patients. For more knowledge on our methods for overseeing human services, visit http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/and encounter a whirlpool of imaginative medicinal services strategies.<br />
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-24265330634848712632017-10-09T00:35:00.000-07:002017-10-12T00:10:29.382-07:00Telehealth Video Visits: 6 Ways to Be More Effective<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As every technology demands a specific skill set to have it mastered, telemedicine and telehealth also have a certain set of pre-requisites to be conformed to for achieving the ultimate healthcare aims. One may be a great physician but the same person may not prove to be a great telemedicine physician as the skills, technology and surrounding conditions are different for both the environments. The clinical set up is a familiar and well-practiced mannerism for both – the patients and the doctors whereas the virtual set up is comparatively a novice concept that has to be handled intelligently and diligently to obtain success as a therapy procedure. According to a survey done by the government authorities in 2012, nearly 42% of the hospitals have telehealth capabilities. However, the skillset required for a successful telehealth video visit is something that is beyond the routine medical school curriculum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unlike the spacious, sophisticated hospital facilities, the virtual healthcare visits are restricted to just a small screen of a desktop, tablet, laptop, or even as small as a smartphone. The verbal and non-verbal communications through that window is the primary factor responsible for establishing a rapport between the physician and the patient. The first virtual meeting determines whether and how the diagnosis proceeds, and also whether the patient would want to continue the treatment or not. In a video encounter, there is a kind of professionalism and even a dress code that displays a proper presentation. However, most of the doctors still aren’t getting it right. There are even training schedules for clinicians given by teaching hospitals as well as universities that offer courses on telemedicine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When trying to go online, here are six recommendations for doctors to encourage a successful online therapy:</span></div>
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<li style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Plan your video visit with the patient: </strong>Some video patient visits may simply be a face-to-face communication via video, and the focus or "planning" for the visit is much like a routine visit and patient discussion. However -- if this would be a follow-up visit for an injury or surgery, or if this is a first-time video visit about an injury, the video visit and interaction quickly becomes much more complicated, and if not planned correctly, you can spend much more time about communication challenges than the medical situation at hand. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How will you instruct your patient to place their video device to be able to see their swollen ankle or body part that is not easily seen from the desk? How would you instruct them to be able to effectively do a stretch or movement to demonstrate mobility to you? If they have a desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone -- what are the differences? How will they get their device to stand-upright to be able to focus it effectively? How far should they stand away from the device? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While these questions may seem simple, I can assure you they are not and can cost you valuable time on a video visit. While they are more convenient and typically take less time and effort than an in-person visit, without proper planning -- it could cost you much more time.Plan and even practice a mock-session with your staff, and possibly prepare a training document or communication to your patients on what to expect, and what to have handy for an effective time with you.</span></div>
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<li style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Address patients by their first names:</strong> Trying to be less formal and more responsive is the key to letting an open conversation in and makes patients more comfortable with the treatment procedure. Using a more personal tone induces a patient-provider bond that isn’t just about the numbers. A smile on the physician’s face and proper gestures during conversation induces confidence in the patients’ minds.</span></li>
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<li style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Pause and listen:</strong> On an average, a patient needs roughly 32 seconds to explain their health related issues to the physician while observations state that most of the doctors cut the patients off just within 20 seconds only to redirect the conversation. This may lead to less faith from the patient and some unheard gaps in the healthcare condition described that would otherwise help with the diagnosis. Be patient and listen to them more as in a telehealth video visit, the majority of the interaction is verbal cues and interactions, as well as the video non-verbal attributes to the conversation. </span></li>
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<li style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Introduce yourself and share information related to the care procedure:</strong> For patients to have confidence in the physician in a new provider introduction via telehealth video, the patient may want to know more about the physician's professional background and practice techniques. This builds trust and improves <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); text-decoration-line: none; word-wrap: break-word;">patient engagement</a> throughout the care. The patient must remember the doctor’s name for a better connection.</span></li>
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<li style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Acknowledge the patient’s concerns:</strong> A patient is the one who needs maximum attention to obtain better care results. So, he must communicate his concerns and symptoms clearly. Agree to what the patient says and confirm an understanding and indicating compassion is key, instead of dismissing the patient's approach, and then slowly guide the conversation into the right diagnosis and treatment path direction. This may seem easy, but it is challenging at times. Remember -- the patient is not necessarily having the additional experiences of office welcome, check-in, friendly chats upon entry, and other warm experiences to acclimate and process possible anxieties before they see the physician --in a <a href="https://lifecyclehealthblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/telehealth-video-visits-6-ways-to-be-more-effective/" target="_blank">telehealth</a> video visit, the patient's first interaction is probably with the physician.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="word-wrap: break-word;">Maintain transparency with the patients: </strong>Whatever it is, make it clear to the patient as they will surely appreciate the genuine approach and will be more confident with the treatment procedure. Although patients may expect the doctors to diagnose their problem immediately, it is always not possible. It’s better to admit that you need to consult a specialist or perform some research. However, while doing this it is really important to have a proper body posture for the patient to believe in your words, as the patient experience is a much different experience digitally vs. in-person and posture and non-verbal cues are even more important via telehealth video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Healthcare is transforming to deliver patient satisfaction and reduce the costs of medication and care coordination. </span><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; word-wrap: break-word;">Telehealth</a><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"> has emerged to be a disruptive technology that is potentially endangering the traditional healthcare delivery due to the increased positive response from patients and cost-effectiveness. Due to growing popularity of patient engagement by implementing telemedicine, there have been several changes in the governmental policies too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With so many initiatives spurring up for the establishment of modern healthcare practices, care providers must implement strategies that enable better healthcare delivery to patients through telehealth visits. Telehealth video visits will take time and many experiences with patients to become proficient. It will take practice to portray the best of the services across a video screen, and also be able to get patients to communicate effectively with you as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With the Lifecycle Health, you can quickly have a telehealth video platform for performing effective patient video visits, and also for collaborating with other providers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, Lifecycle health is not only telehealth video, the Lifecycle Health platform will also allow you to automate follow-up visits and monitor patients, trend patient and population outcomes, and communicate with your patients more efficiently with secure messaging. </span></div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-53451731265404523572017-08-16T04:24:00.000-07:002017-08-16T04:25:04.541-07:00What is Patient Engagement Really Worth? Patient Safety? Higher Reimbursement? Lower Operational Costs?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Putting patients first</strong> – is the ultimate focus of the newly emerged value based care systems – but is it really worth anything to the bottom-line for providers? Currently, healthcare has become patient-centric and patients are having stronger voices in healthcare decisions and ensure that the care that they receive specifically meets their needs and preferences. As quoted by Susan Dentzer, editor of Health Affairs, patient engagement is the “blockbuster of 21st century”. Beyond safety and patient considerations, effective patient engagements means that you can save operational costs to manage patients throughout the continuum of care and also increase your reimbursements.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADS TO SAFER AND HIGHER QUALITY CARE</strong></div>
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Patients are the ultimate care receivers and it is a fact that though the physician is a trained medical practitioner, he is not a perfect communicator nor can he read the patients’ minds. When patients are involved in their care procedures, they are more likely to adhere and respond better to the medications and other treatment procedures and the occurrences of any emergency treatments or complex situations.</div>
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Utilizing technologies for visit reminders, treatment reminders, outcome tracking, automating follow-up visits, and collaboration with other patient physicians and caregivers not only help strengthen the <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">patient provider trust relationship</strong> — it also leads to higher quality care. Working together with the patients, the healthcare providers foster an environment wherein patients provide better subjective evidence to conversations and understand the need for prescribed medical procedures.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADS TO HIGHER REIMBURSEMENT</strong></div>
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has shifted its reimbursement system to patient outcomes. Hospitals are no longer paid for the care delivery without analyzing their success rates. Care providers are financially rewarded or penalized depending on the outcomes of the care.</div>
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The trend toward value care or episode based or bundled care pricing is not going away – it is consistently in the top 3 future trends for healthcare. And it’s not just CMS either — when Lifecycle Health is speaking with healthcare providers in the last 6 months, the comments seem to be more concerned around “The pricing and operational challenges for Value Care or bundled episode is not just CMS any more — during our latest contract renewals with commercial payers, they are now desiring the same organization and setup for patient bundles. This scenario is a real problem for healthcare providers as we need streamline our operations for both CMS and commercial patients to track bundles and patients effectively, and there is no real way to do this. This is why we have been impressed with the Lifecycle Health platform – it is tackling this issue.”</div>
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When care receivers are well-informed about their medical condition and involved in all the decisions relating to the same, they are in a better position to <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">recognize, treat, and manage their own health problems</strong>. People suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis, asthma, need to manage their daily lives and living habits to be able to cope up with the treatment procedure they have undergone and secure the results for a longer duration.</div>
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Moreover, as a result of active learning, the complete scenario in the office visit process appears to have changed. Patients are well-equipped with provider-approved information related to their <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">healthcare conditions</strong> and they are in a position to optimize office visits only when certain clarification is required.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IMPROVES FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS EFFICIENCY</strong></div>
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It is quite obvious. Since patients are involved in their healthcare discussions and are well-informed about what they need to do to take care of them once they get back home, there is little left at the physician’s end. The provider may give them a checklist which ensures that the necessary care is taken rather than delaying discharge of the patient from the hospital, costing more to both the patient and the provider.</div>
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The many benefits of patient engagement and healthcare technology have been proven to outweigh the challenges and costs of implementation. Providers and patients are enthusiastically extending their hands for the cause of collaborative, technological healthcare processes that would ease the journey while investing in better population health at affordable prices.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Value based care</strong> – as we call it now, is an outcome of a 360 degree involvement in healthcare and has changed the parameters of medical treatment procedures. Patients are empowered with medical knowledge and have the right to participate in their own care. There are <strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">patient management and coordination automation</strong><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">software</strong> that make it an easier process for you and your patients – and you do not have to break the bank on implementation!</div>
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LifeCycle Health is one among those who bridge the gap between all the members involved in a particular healthcare episode by bringing them to a single environment where they can share, interact, discuss, and communicate more effectively regarding the patient’s care path. Get to know more about our multi-provider healthcare methods, care coordination, and easy patient management platform capabilities.</div>
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To collaborate your healthcare journeys with us, visit us at <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/">www.lifecyclehealth.com</a> and experience immense care satisfaction for your patients, and gain significant efficiencies for your practice.</div>
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Putting the patient’s experience first – is the ultimate focus of the newly emerged value based care systems. Nowadays, healthcare has become patient-centric and people are having stronger voices in healthcare decisions and ensure that the care that they receive specifically meets their needs and preferences. As quoted by Susan Dentzer, editor of Health Affairs, patient engagement is the “blockbuster of 21st century”. The biggest challenge is “how, if, and when” will the healthcare networks and providers change their business processes to adapt to value care scenarios.</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADS TO SAFER AND HIGHER QUALITY CARE</strong> Patients are the ultimate care receivers and it is a fact that though the physician is a trained medical practitioner, he is not a perfect communicator nor can he read a patient’s mind. When patients are involved in their care procedures, they are more likely to adhere and respond better to the medications and other treatment procedures and the occurrences of any emergency treatments or complex situations. Working together with the patients, the healthcare providers foster an environment wherein patients provide better subjective evidence to conversations and understand the need for prescribed medical procedures.<br />
<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADS TO HIGHER REIMBURSEMENT</strong> The Center for Medicare and Medicaid has shifted its reimbursement system to patient outcomes. Hospitals are no longer paid for the care delivery without analyzing their success rates. Care providers are financially rewarded or penalized depending on the outcomes of the care.<br />
<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT FOSTERS SELF MANAGEMENT</strong> When care receivers are well-informed about their medical condition and involved in all the decisions relating to the same, they are in a better position to recognize, treat, and manage their own health problems. People suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis, asthma, need to manage their daily lives and living habits to be able to cope up with the treatment procedure they have undergone and secure the results for a longer duration.<br />
Moreover, as a result of active learning, the complete scenario in the office visit process appears to have changed. Patients are well-equipped with provider-approved information related to their healthcare conditions and they are in a position to optimize office visits only when certain clarification is required.</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IMPROVES FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS EFFICIENCY</strong> Since patients are involved in their healthcare discussions and are well-informed about what they need to do to take care of themselves once they get back home, there is little left at the physician’s end - right? But it’s much more complicated than that to coordinate a patience for an entire episode. The provider may give them a checklist which ensures that the necessary care is taken rather than delaying discharge of the patient from the hospital, costing more to both the patient and the provider. It seems quite obvious - but its complicated, and keeping a patient engaged in their care along the continuum is more difficult than it would seem — and that’s if providers could find the time to help.</div>
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The many benefits of patient engagement and healthcare technology have been proven to outweigh the challenges and costs of implementation. Providers and patients are enthusiastically extending their hands for the cause of collaborative, technological healthcare processes that would ease the journey while investing in better population health at affordable prices.</div>
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Value based care – as we call it now, is an outcome of a 360 degree involvement in healthcare and has changed the parameters of medical treatment procedures. Patients are empowered with medical knowledge and have the right to participate in their own care. There are patient engagement software offerings that make it an easier process for providers and patients.<br />
Lifecycle Health is one among those healthcare patient engagement and patient management solutions that bridges the gaps among the care team members involved in a particular healthcare episode by bringing them to a single platform where they can share, interact, discuss, and engage with each other — providers-to-providers, and patients-to-providers.<br />
Get to know more about our methods of connecting the multiple provider care continuum, care coordination, and easy healthcare application. To collaborate your healthcare journeys with us, visit us at <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/home" style="background: transparent; color: rgba(31, 31, 31, 0.5); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/home</a> and enable your organization to provide immense care satisfaction with our proven methods.</div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-59372727742393214722017-04-27T02:58:00.002-07:002017-04-27T03:02:48.961-07:00Importance & Consequences of Patient Engagement in Healthcare Solutions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Putting patients first</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – is the ultimate focus of the newly emerged value based
care systems. Nowadays, healthcare has become patient-centric and people are
having stronger voices in healthcare decisions and ensure that the care that
they receive specifically meets their needs and preferences. As quoted by Susan
Dentzer, editor of Health Affairs, <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/home/" target="_blank"><b>patient engagement</b></a> is the “blockbuster of 21<sup>st</sup>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Patients
are the ultimate care receivers and it is a fact that though the physician is a
trained medical practitioner, he is not a perfect communicator nor can he read
the patients’ minds. When patients are involved in their care procedures, they
are more likely to adhere and respond better to the medications and other
treatment procedures and the occurrences of any emergency treatments or complex
situations. Working together with the patients, the healthcare providers foster
an environment wherein patients provide better subjective evidence to
conversations and understand the need for prescribed medical procedures.</span></div>
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Center for Medicare and Medicaid has shifted its reimbursement system to
patient outcomes. Hospitals are no longer paid for the care delivery without
analyzing their success rates. Care providers are financially rewarded or
penalized depending on the outcomes of the care.</span></div>
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receivers are well-informed about their medical condition and involved in all
the decisions relating to the same, they are in a better position to recognize,
treat, and manage their own health problems. People suffering from chronic
illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis, asthma, need to manage their daily lives
and living habits to be able to cope up with the treatment procedure they have
undergone and secure the results for a longer duration.</span></div>
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as a result of active learning, the complete scenario in the office visit
process appears to have changed. Patients are well-equipped with
provider-approved information related to their healthcare conditions and they
are in a position to optimize office visits only when certain clarification is
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quite obvious. Since patients are involved in their healthcare discussions and
are well-informed about what they need to do to take care of them once they get
back home, there is little left at the physician’s end. The provider may give
them a checklist which ensures that the necessary care is taken rather than
delaying discharge of the patient from the hospital, costing more to both the
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many benefits of <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/home/" target="_blank"><b>patient engagement software</b></a> and healthcare technology have been proven
to outweigh the challenges and costs of implementation. Providers and patients
are enthusiastically extending their hands for the cause of collaborative,
technological healthcare processes that would ease the journey while investing
in better population health at affordable prices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/value-based-care" target="_blank"><b>Value based care</b></a> – as we call it now, is an outcome of a 360 degree involvement in
healthcare and has changed the parameters of medical treatment procedures.
Patients are empowered with medical knowledge and have the right to participate
in their own care. There are patient engagement software that make it an easier
process. LifeCycle Health is one among those healthcare providers who bridge
the gap between all the members involved in a particular healthcare episode by
bringing them to a single platform where they can share, interact, discuss, and
fill follow-up surveys. Get to know more about our multi—provider healthcare
methods, care coordination, and easy healthcare application. To collaborate
your healthcare journeys with us, <b>visit us</b> at </span><b><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/home"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.lifecyclehealth.com</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and experience immense care satisfaction with our proven
methods.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/blog/2017/3/8/4-provider-patient-communication-considerations" target="_blank">4 Provider-Patient Communication Considerations for Better Healthcare</a> </b></span></li>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0623 Redwood Ave, Corte Madera, CA 94925, USA37.9230616 -122.5330364000000137.9230126 -122.53311540000001 37.923110599999994 -122.53295740000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-6157006024750971962017-03-01T04:35:00.000-08:002017-03-24T04:31:41.900-07:00Value Care is the New Health Care - United States Government<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Care delivery in the United States is the one of
the costliest affairs for the residents of the nation. To put things in
perspective, U.S. healthcare costs nearly $2 trillion every year, out of which
more than 31% is never presented to the recipients (counts for administration
costs). This, undoubtedly calls for an immediate and drastic care transition
and Value Based Care (VBC) is a terminology that has been long awaited. The
shift from volume-care to value-care is no easier than accepting smart phones/tablets/laptops
in replacement of the bulky PCs. This shift from the fee-for-service payment
models to value based care compel health systems to blend operational,
financial, clinical, and other data to improve quality, control costs and
managing provider networks, and providing access. The U.S. Government is
building a new payment landscape and creating a new paradigm which undertakes
the responsibility of coordinating complete care along with bearing the risks
of costs and outcomes.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/" target="_blank"><b>Value care</b></a> has emerged as a successful model with
the refinement of information technology and application of strategies to the
traditional fee-for-service payment mechanism that ruled the healthcare until
lately. <b>Value Care is a highly integrated system and includes the medical
Shared Savings Program, value based payments to the hospitals, and others. </b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Reshaping the healthcare models, a multitude of
new payment models have been established, out of which the most important is Value
Based Reimbursement (VBR). The Obama Administration introduced and implemented
multiple VBR verticals including bundled payments, medical home models,
variations of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and special incentives to
physicians for care coordination, giving way to many more innovations. The
MACRA’s sweeping payment reform provisions comprise of several steps to
facilitate providers to participate in Alternative Payment Models (APMs) for
initial bonus payments, exemption from MIPS requirements, and are not expected
to meet EHR requirements. The healthcare providers participating in APMs are
eligible for higher annual payment updates for their fee-for-service revenue
stream beginning in 2026. </span></div>
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(HHS) aims for converting 30 percent of the fee-for-service Medicare payments
to value based care models by the end of 2016 and expects 50 percent of
traditional payments undergo this care transition by 2018.</span></div>
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introduces a single payment for services provided under a complete episode of
care. Providers including the hospitals, physicians, settings, surveys, procedures
and exercises all come together on a single platform and interact closely to
make the medical procedure hassle-free and convenient for both – the providers
and patients. This drastically reduces the medical expenditure too.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The VBC initiatives are being appreciated by
care-givers, payers, and other stakeholders.</span></div>
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estimated a growth at the rate of $10 billion per year for medical reformation
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30 percent of their payments to value care payment models by the end of 2016
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The government has
initiated the <a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/" target="_blank"><b>care transition</b></a> and now is the time for some real change in the
healthcare spendings of the United States. Life Cycle Health’s initiatives are
in compliance with the government’s take on value based care system and our
patterns adhere to treating patients with complete satisfaction and at
reasonable prices. We designed a platform where all individuals involved in
patient care can interact throughout the treatment episode and invest our
innovative ideas so that medical care can prosper with the willingness of
care-givers and patients. We accept bundled payments so as to calm down the
huge medical expenses.</span></div>
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Lifecycle Healthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507443200609237340noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.712891000000013-36.4162205 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9302698280684301.post-83028988541258055332017-02-04T02:39:00.001-08:002017-03-24T04:31:08.023-07:00Embrace Patient Provider Communication for Better Healthcare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Research
evidences state that there is a strong connection between a healthcare
provider’s communicating ability and a patient’s capacity to follow his medical
recommendations and adopt preventive health obligations. The physician’s
communication skills have a profound impact on the functional and biological
health outcomes of the patient. Here, our interests are much beyond just a
dialogue between the patient and the provider. The intent is to closely <b>monitor
patient’s treatment progress</b> and be available whenever the patient is in need.
With the introduction of episode-based care, patients are beneficiaries as they
themselves participate in their treatment procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is just not about the initial communication, there has to be a structural
approach to the <b><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/solution-episodes-patients/" target="_blank">patient provider communication</a></b> that ultimately improves
healthcare delivery. E-Care is the trend of today and even healthcare has gone
digital to an extent where patients and providers do not meet in person, still
are so closely connected and the exchange of documents, disease summaries and
patient history is done virtually. There are software platforms that bring all
– the health-care givers and receivers together and allow them have a dialogue,
share documents, and schedule virtual meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Most
of the part of the patient-provider relationship is made during the diagnosis
phase, which is the initial most interaction between the two. Diagnostic
procedures and decisions are usually made after the history-taking component.</span><br />
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have made it possible to send images, reports, and other medicine information
that is critical for the physician to know before initiating the therapy. It is
a critical phase as it is at this time when the patient starts building trust
in the healthcare provider. However, studies revealed that patients are often
not allowed to share complete details of their medical history; rather the
physicians interrupt the explanation, which leads to diagnostic inaccuracy.
Apparently, when patients are interrupted, it hinders the relation at the first
step.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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extent to which patients conforms to the doctors’ recommendations is called as
adherence. Certainly, this is one of the most common practice in healthcare –
non-adherence. Some disagree with the clinician’s terms, some worried about the
cost, some find the instructions too difficult to follow, and some felt that
the prescription is against their personal beliefs.</span><br />
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care has eliminated non-adherence to medical procedures as it becomes
compulsory for the patient to fill survey forms periodically and assess their
own progress. Resultantly, the physician also analyses and suggests better
medications and physical exercises that are tracked too. Thus, there is least
chance of any negligence or non-adherence to the treatment process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Communication
among the people involved in either side of the treatment procedures plays an
active role in strengthening the relationship leading to a better healthcare service.
Any kind of miscommunication may lead to dangerous results on patient care. So,
when patient-provider communication is proper, patients are expressive and more
participative in the treatment procedures resulting in an overall positive therapy.</span><br />
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want to be better informed about their medical condition, care methodology, and
care providers so that they know they are in safe hands and are microscopically
observed. With innovative care models, patients are becoming more knowledgeable
and satisfied with the <b><a href="http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/about-us/" target="_blank">care transition</a></b> episodes they come across.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even
though there is a lot of technical expertise, communication barrier may ruin
the patient-provider relationship. <i><b>Here are certain things to be considered for
healthy healthcare deliveries</b> :</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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understand</b> : Most of the times doctors listen to their patients only to respond not
to understand. Here, they pre-assume things and start manipulating what is
actually said by the patients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to listen</b> : You cannot just rely on the symptoms about the actual medical
condition of the patient. You need to ask some things too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sense of threat </b>: Be fair enough to make patients understand the causes of their
illness, be honest to what you feel, acknowledge their emotions, and involve
them in certain decisions so that they feel an important part of the treatment
procedure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Healthcare
is now measurable with the generation of figures and statistical data of how
the treatment has progressed. All those are involved including the care
provider and patient need to be active in all the conversations and complete
their part of the job in order to get a comprehensive care outcome data.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No
two people are same. So, it is important to treat every individual patient with
utmost care. It is vital to communicate with every patient with a new
perspective; rather by understanding their individual medical condition. It is
only when you build the rapport that you will be able to invest in better
healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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patient’s treatment procedures. To know more about our ways of improving
patient-provider communication, visit our website </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>http://www.lifecyclehealth.com/</b></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><b>. </b>We take pride in strengthening bonds within the
healthcare industry.</span></div>
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