Preferred Health Systems
Health
care can be delivered more effectively and efficiently when providers
have the necessary tools to better assist their patients in managing
their illness. When patients with chronic diseases take an active role
in their own care their outcomes improve.
Chronic diseases are prolonged conditions that very often do not improve
or are never completely cured. Diabetes, cardiac disease, congestive
heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obesity
and depression are life changing and affect the physical, emotional
and mental well-being of those affected with the disease.
Often, these conditions can be stabilized and even improved upon with
a disciplined, proactive management regimen through education and regular
interaction with the health care provider.
“MyCare, customized as Preferred Care Connection, offers several
basic disease management services to our members:
1) A personal home page that is customized with links to health resources
of interest to them;
2) Risk assessments and personal health improvement tips based on risk;
3) The ability for members to track and modify risk factors such as
weight, blood pressure, blood sugars;
4) Secure messaging with an assigned nurse case manager;
5) Alink to a member maintained personal health record;
6) Targeted access to a health library;
Disease Management programs target individuals with chronic medical illnesses through the application of evidence-based care, self-care support, care coordination and leverage of community services.Standard approaches to disease management have included call coaching and direct mail pieces but an internet based program offers an innovative way to engage members where and when it’s convenient for them.” said Dr. Jill Sumfest, CMO, Preferred Health Systems.
The clinical care team at PHS believe that MyCare’s flexible,
customizable solution will:
- Reduce medical and administrative costs.
- Improve clinical outcomes and patients’ quality of life.
- Enable care managers to focus on critical, clinical tasks.
- Improve care management quality by fostering guideline compliance.
- Improve member satisfaction through a personalized care experience.
- Strengthen employer retention, satisfaction and their health plan’s competitive position.
- Provide a secure, collaborative communication platform for the exchange of confidential health information.
- Provide continuous monitoring and alerts that help care managers deliver timely, appropriate interventions.
- Deliver template-based care planning and monitoring for increased efficiency.
- Improve compliance with HEDIS standard measures.
- Support self-care, with interactive tools, target risk assessments, and personalized content.
- Enable secure collection and aggregation of member data in a single, expandable repository, so that data can be shared by all care managers involved in the member’s care.
- Provide customizable reports for clinicians and members.
About Preferred Health Systems
Preferred Health Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Via Christi
Health Systems, and is comprised of four companies, each offering its
own products and services. Based on their enrollment, Preferred Health
Systems is the second largest health plan in Kansas.
