Use of Tele-Technology for Heart Disease Management: Improving Clinical and Economic Outcomes in a Managed Care Population
Abstract
Use novel tele-technology web services incorporated into business process redesign and disease state management to improve the disease management and outcomes of patients with Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia (risk factors for Heart Disease which is the number one cause of death in the United States per World Health Organization, 1998 statistics). Providers (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, educators) and patients will be tied together through improved automation, knowledge management, and disease management processes that link all of the sites of care (inpatient, outpatient, home-based patient monitoring) . Our hypothesis is that compared to pre-implementation of tele-technology disease management, there will be a statistically and clinically significant improvement in health care markers of disease treatment, as well as cost, post-implementation of tele-technology disease management.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA417066
Entities
People
- Blain H. Yoshinobu
Organizations
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine