While people are the core focus of healthcare reform, industry dialogue often centers on the medical aspects. What about the human services side? By connecting people to a wide range of services that promote wellness, Americans can begin to live healthier lifestyles. Connected data can also begin to show trends: have diabetes rates dropped or are fewer people struggling with obesity? States will have hard data to examine the outcomes of programs along with the costs associated with administering them.
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Making Connections through Health Information Technology
Accenture’s Phil Poley (former chief operating officer of the Massachusetts Medicaid program) and others, during our healthcare reform breakout session, explore the meaningful connections that can be made with the help of IT, from integrating clinical information with the human services data found in health insurance exchanges to using social media to foster patient engagement. Combined, these examples illustrate that integration in the health care space is promising, and perhaps more important, possible.
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Real-World Results of Reform: Health and Wellness
While people are the core focus of healthcare reform, industry dialogue often centers on the medical aspects. What about the human services side? By connecting people to a wide range of services that promote wellness, Americans can begin to live healthier lifestyles. Connected data can also begin to show trends: have diabetes rates dropped or are fewer people struggling with obesity? States will have hard data to examine the outcomes of programs along with the costs associated with administering them.
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The Journey Toward Integration
Integration is an ever-evolving journey that presents new questions along the way. In this video, the conversation closes by summarizing some of the questions that states and agencies face. Where does the eligibility function reside? Should states make decisions about health insurance exchanges, or wait to follow the lead of the federal government? Can centralized eligibility and access drive healthier behaviors and ultimately better outcomes for people? It is apparent that as the journey continues, so will the dialogue.
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