Online Disease Management: The Promise, The Potential and The Practical
90-minute Audio Conference on Tape - Great for planning, training and orientation
Sponsored by e-Healthcare Market Reporter
It's only a matter of time before your organization will need to put a plan together for Web-enabled online disease management.
There is keen interest in online disease management among payors, providers, healthcare technology companies, physician organizations and pharmaceutical companies including PBMs.
Disease management online is one of the key elements in the emerging e-health sector and this program provides an overview of the state of dm and explores what's necessary to set the stage for interactive Web-delivered services.
The "Online Disease Management" conference on tape looks at the issues surrounding online dm. Topics like overcoming the barriers to successfully implementing a program, the keys to a successful program, physician "buy-in," dealing with issues of trust, the types of online tools, dealing with multiple sources of data across the continuum, and how to measure the success of your online dm program.
Get this 90-minute audio conference on tape for a highly rated overview of trends, developments, and approaches in online disease management.
Featured program speakers are:
- Gene Drabinski, President & COO, Healthwise Inc.
- Pieter Muntendam, Chief Medical Officer, ProMedex Inc.
- Dr. Carey Shames, Medical Director for the Southwest region, Aetna US Healthcare
- Robert (Bob) Stone, Executive Vice President, American Healthways
Featured presentations focus on disease management from the perspectives of payors, healthcare providers and vendors of online disease management tools.
Today managed care plans and other payors expect that a vendor will provide disease management via the Web. Online dm will become another element in the communication channel along with mail, phone and fax. But it will be an effective and very efficient way of providing information on a set of diseases.
More than 25 per cent of participants in MCIC's e-Health Trends Audio Conference believed disease management will be the online initiative that will be embraced first. The online exclusive survey of participants, included executives from technology companies, pharmaceutical firms, managed care and other health insurance plans, providers and consulting firms. Only claims processing drew more votes in the survey of projected e-health "winners."
Disease management applications also is high on the expansion list of healthcare information and technology companies participating in an exclusive survey by MCIC of the future agenda of HIT companies. While Internet/Web related products and services was cited by the majority - almost a third of respondents, disease management was rated among the top four strategies, just behind Intranet solutions and clinical pathways.
You'll get insight and analysis from four of the leading experts in the rapidly growing field of online disease management. Presenters assess the present environment and look at the trends, barriers and solutions for online DM for the future.
Program agenda
- Barriers to online disease management;
- How to measure the success of an online disease management program;
- Who should be responsible for paying for online disease management;
- What payors are looking for in online disease management programs;
- How current disease management programs can/can not help patients;
- How current disease management programs can/can not reduce costs;
- Trends and projections for online disease management;
Here are some of the comments from conference participants: "A stimulating discussion on DM that can clarify existing programs and stimulate new ones; Well organized and highly informative; I would recommend it to a colleague if they were looking for some high-level information around DM."
"Online Disease Management: The Promise, The Potential and The Practical" provides an overview of online disease management today. You'll get main stream, collective insight, practical ideas and observations on the growing field of online disease management.
Order this useful cassette for your team for training and orientation, brainstorming, or to set the stage for planning discussions on your strategy for online initiatives.
Take a moment to order today. The online future is at hand. Get the audio tape and the conference materials at a practical price.
