The World Health Organization defines health as the complete state of physical, mental, and social wellbeing. A recent paper from the Global Burden of Disease study suggests only 4% of the world’s population is now free of disease.
As wearable and mobile technologies are becoming more available and can provide more information and knowledge to users, new challenges and opportunities opens for industry and healthcare organizations.
Hospitalized adult Medicaid recipients with chronic disease are at risk for rehospitalization within 90 days of discharge, but most research has focused on the Medicare population. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of population-based care management intensity on inpatient readmissions in Medicaid adults with pre-existing chronic disease. Retrospective analyses of 2,868 index hospital admissions from 2012 New York State Medicaid Data Warehouse claims compared 90-day post-discharge utilization in populations with ...
In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided funding and technical assistance to all states and territories to implement the Coordinated Chronic Disease Program, marking the first time that all state health departments had federal resources to coordinate chronic disease prevention and control programs.
Telemedicine applications could potentially solve many of the challenges faced by the healthcare sectors in Europe. However, a framework for assessment of these technologies is need by decision makers to assist them in choosing the most efficient and cost-effective technologies. Therefore in 2009 the European Commission initiated the development of a framework for assessing telemedicine applications, based on the users' need for information for decision making. This article presents the Model for ASsessment of Telemedicine ...
Modelos de atención a pacientes con multimorbilidad y necesidades complejas (MCP) se orientan hacia una asistencia más integral de la experiencia del paciente que ha de ser continua y consistente, garantizando los servicios necesarios en el lugar y momento correcto y en el tiempo requerido, la maximización de la salud los resultados. En la Comunidad de Madrid, el número estimado de MRP es de aproximadamente 87.171 pacientes.
The Long Term Conditions Year of Care Commissioning Programme supports commissioners and service providers within the English NHS to improve outcomes for patients with complex care needs through the redesign of commissioning mechanisms and care models to deliver person-centred coordinated care.
Medicines are the most common intervention to improve health. The number of medicines taken by older people in the UK has been steadily increasing for the last three decades.
The absolute and relative increases in the number of older persons are evident worldwide, from the most developed countries to the lowest-income regions.
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