Wealth from Health: an incentive program for disease and population management: a 12-year project.
The future of healthcare is linked with its ability to face the challenges of consumerism. Disease and population management will represent the dominant style of healthcare delivery in the future. This article describes the Wealth from Health programs which utilize current and future technologies to help the healthcare system become a leader in healthcare delivery and to assist many communities at an affordable cost.
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Overlook Hospital, 99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901, USA.
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D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003363:Cost Control; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D019468:Disease Management; D005544:Forecasting; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009042:Motivation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000517:prevention & control; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration