Depression is a disorder with high prevalence in primary health care and a significant burden of illness. The delivery of health care for depression, as well as other chronic illnesses, has been criticized for several reasons and new strategies to address the needs of these illnesses have been advocated. Case...
The incentives, value, and leadership components evaluate and implement strategies for financing and sustaining use of clinical best practices despite barriers created by economic and organizational structures that fragment behavioral and general health care. The paper outlines that a challenge for policymakers is how to link depression care with the...
The American Association of Health Plans' AAHP publication, Current Issues Report: Approaches to Depression Care, illustrates that the member health plans are applying the hallmarks mentioned above?with equal success?in the area of behavioral health, specifically depression. This publication, Ten Key Questions, is based on that work. Across the nation, health...
The report highlights health plan's thoughtful and wide-ranging approaches to this common disease, which affects approximately ten percent of the U.S. population at any given time. Because health plans provide the health care for most Americans, (approx. 68% of the population), they have a strong commitment to improve the recognition,...
Companion Benefit Alternatives Inc. has launched two new disease management programs designed to help individuals who suffer from depression or substance abuse disorders. In both programs, clinical staff make regular telephone calls to program participants, instead of simply handing out printed educational and support materials. The...
Cardinal Health announces the next generation of its Naris System with Guardrails Suite MX safety software. The "smart pump" system include a bar code reader that enables medication verification for IV drugs at the point of care plus a patient-controlled analgesia PCA Pause Protocol that helps minimize the risk of...
Wireless News11-06-2005Cardinal Health's 'Smart Pump' System Features Bar Code ReaderWIRELESS NEWS-November 6, 2005-Cardinal Health's 'Smart Pump' System Features Bar Code Reader C2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com Cardinal Health, a provider of products and services supporting the healthcare industry, announced the next generation of its Alaris System with Guardrails Suite...
LOS ANGELES -- EEG Spectrum International: --Gift Will Be Used to Further Research into the Nature of Neurofeedback Teaching the Brain How to Better Regulate Itself and Its Application in Treating Autism, ADD, PTSD, Depression and Other Disorders EEG Spectrum International, Inc., the world's leading organization...
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 28, 2003 Trigent Software is developing an application platform for MySelfHelp.com, a provider of online, interactive, self-help resources for the mental health self-care industry. The new site, scheduled for release this week, is designed to improve the effectiveness...
Third-party pressures continue to depress pharmacy margins, causing drug chains to turn to technology and data management as two primary ways to offset the negative impact. "When running on such razor-thin margins as our chain partners, there's no room for error," explains Jim Hunter, vice president-supplier management, IMS...
A prime example of such services is the expanding emphasis on disease state management DSM. PCS Health Systems Inc., for example, launched a DSM program late last year that focuses on depression. It features educational software for physicians as well as patient education materials for consumers. Last month Stuart Disease...
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