Payers Support Personal Health Management
by Scott MacStravic
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blogblink wrote @ October 21st, 2007 at 7:35 am
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ACCESS TO GOOD FOOD, DRUGS, AND MEDICAL CARE | Open Mike wrote @ November 20th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
[…] Working with pharmaceutical companies and health care technology providers to enable more self-management of health. To the degree that individuals can monitor their own health, take care of their own disease management tasks, and self-administer a wider range of medications and treatments, there is more ownership of health issues at the patient level, and less strain on an overworked health care system. States can be a catalyst to improve this situation. Pharmaceutical companies have programs for low-income individuals to get free or very low-cost access to drugs, but many eligible individuals do not take advantage of them. States should help take the lead in getting the word out to their citizens to make sure these programs are accessed. This topic is further examined and critiqued in the World Health Care Blog. […]
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