By David Harvey – Managing chronic diseases remains a significant challenge in U.S. healthcare, both in terms of the total cost of care and poor patient outcomes. The CDC estimates that 90% of the nation’s $5.3 trillion annual healthcare expenditures go toward preventing, treating, and managing chronic disease (including both physical and mental health chronic conditions).
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By Devin Partida – In today’s evolving health care landscape, digital transformation extends beyond acute care. Post-acute and chronic care settings present distinct challenges that require continuous monitoring, coordinated care, and support for social and lifestyle factors.
By Greta Barnes – Imagine Jane, a mid‑level project manager, powering through another flare‑up of her rheumatoid arthritis. Her joints ache, fatigue drapes over her like a heavy blanket, and she knows she needs to take a day or two away from her desk. When she checks her company’s PTO policy, however, she’s met with rigid accrual tiers and a “use it or lose it” deadline.
By Phil Galewitz & Holly K. Hacker – At least two-thirds of Medicare enrollees have two or more chronic health conditions, federal data shows. That makes them eligible for a federal program that, since 2015, has rewarded doctors for doing more to manage their health outside office visits.
By Dr. Leo P. Langlois – Chronic disease management continues to be one of the greatest healthcare challenges for providers. As chronic diseases continue to overwhelm our health system, providers are now looking at ways they can improve their efforts in a way that the quality of care being delivered is not negatively impacted.
By Mark Stephan MD – In the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic that has already infected more than one million Americans, it’s difficult to think too distantly into the future. Right now providers are concerned about the health and wellbeing of their patients, many of whom have avoided care over the past several months.
By Arlene Bierman MD & Gopal Khanna – The primary aim of the health system is to care for people, their families, and communities using the best available evidence to attain the best achievable health outcomes. AHRQ has been at the forefront of these efforts over our now 20-year history.
By Andy Bindman MD – Recently, I spoke on a panel at the Commonwealth Fund’s International Symposium on Health Care Policy. It was an honor to share the stage with my distinguished co-panelists, ministers of health from several other Nations.