Physician hospital consumer collaboration.
The authors describe a disease management initiative designed to address issues of noncompliance in a diabetic population. The program design was a collaborative effort between a payer and a public health organization representing Hartford Hospital and Hartford Physicians Association. Interventions included a patient self-assessment, phone counseling, and a monetary reward for program participation.
Upham
Stephen
S
Hartford Hospital, Hartford Physician Hospital Organization, Hartford, CT 06102, USA. supham@harthosp.org
Imbernino
Helen M
HM
D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans / Q000458:organization & administration; D003237:Connecticut; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D019468:Disease Management; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009042:Motivation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012042:Registries; D012201:Reward; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*