http://www.dorlandhealth.com Dorland Health Website en-us 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:40:52 EDT Part three of a four-part series. Part one covered shared decision making from a 360-degree perspective, while part two investigated the pressing needs of this approach. Part three, below, delves into critical challenges and opportunities. Integrating SDM into care can be time consuming. Short... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2774.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Patients who fail to take their medications as prescribed by their doctors – an act known as medication nonadherence – have been a growing concern for physicians and the healthcare industry for a number of years.   Unfortunately for healthcare professionals, medication nonadherence is more... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2775.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT A recent study has found that patients do better when their doctors pay attention to their individual needs and alter their treatments accordingly. This thought process has been a linchpin in the existence and progression of the medical home, but this study is among the first to produce data that supports... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2741.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Part two of a four-part series. Part one covered shared decision making from a 360-degree perspective. Part two investigates the pressing needs of this approach.  Awareness of Options Often, patients are not aware or told they have options. While this may seem surprising, it is not at all uncommon. And... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2742.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Primary care providers seeking to maintain a technological edge in the medical home may want to consider implementing an integrated record system that increases not only communications within the medical home, but simplifies  exchange of information between physician and patient as well.  ... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2735.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT On the surface, Shared Decision Making (SDM) seems simple and straightforward. A clinician involves the patient in making a decision about their health. The clinician conveys the necessary medical information to the patient, explains their treatment options, and helps the patient understand how their values... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2736.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Every year, medication misuse rankles the healthcare system with excessive costs and poor patient outcomes, resulting in approximately $300 billion in excess costs annually, according to studies.   When throwing a volatile clinical disease state like heart failure into the mix, the situation becomes... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2728.html Tue, 2 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT In the milieu of modern healthcare, marked with the broad swatch of rapid change, some lines demarcating traditional roles and jurisdictions are merging into a newfangled order, where payers and providers – and the clinicians situated within them – are expanding their approaches in pursuit of... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2726.html Fri, 29 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT When a physician or other provider meets a patient after a hospital stay, the question of follow-up care – including roles and responsibilities to bridge care transitions – is often murky territory. Without a clear plan, the safety of the patient is liable to suffer.   To address this need... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2698.html Mon, 18 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the March 2013 issue of Case In Point. Over the last decade, medical care of the pediatric patient has become more complex. The resulting medically complex or fragile patients require greater coordination across the healthcare continuum to meet their... http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/2699.html Mon, 18 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT