Health Dialog Webinar on Shared Decision Making Shows Cost Savings, Improved Outcomes and Increased Patient Satisfaction
September 18 2017 - 10:43AM
Business Wire
Free webinar reveals five steps to achieving
cost savings of 20% or more
Health Dialog, a leading provider of integrated population
health management solutions for health plans, risk-bearing
providers and self-insured employers, announced today it will host
a complimentary webinar, “Five tactical steps for successful
implementation of shared decision making,” on September 20 at 1:00
PM ET. Peter Goldbach, M.D., the company’s chief medical officer
and a national authority on SDM, will provide strategic advice to
help organizations execute effective shared decision making
programs that reduce costs, improve outcomes and increase patient
satisfaction. To register for the webinar, please visit
http://info.healthdialog.com/webinar-5-steps-to-implement-shared-decision-making.
Health Dialog’s SDM programs use proprietary analytics to
identify individuals in a member, employee or patient population
who are facing decisions about treatment for their
preference-sensitive conditions. Health Dialog’s registered nurse
health coaches provide personalized, on-demand guidance, helping
patients use decision aids to choose the most appropriate treatment
option. These programs save money through reductions in unnecessary
surgeries and better outcomes for those who elect surgery. Research
shows patients who use decision aids are happier with both their
care and their provider.
“The most successful shared decision making programs have three
characteristics: a keen understanding of individual members’ health
needs achieved through population analytics, excellent support for
on-boarding and the use of impactful, high-quality SDM tools and
coaching,” said Dr. Peter Goldbach, chief medical officer for
Health Dialog. “We’ll be sharing key learnings from Health Dialog’s
20 years of SDM experience, as well as best practices from some of
the nation’s oldest and most successful SDM programs, which
healthcare leaders are rapidly recognizing as an effective and
member-beloved path to patient-centric care.”
The webinar will draw on key points from Goldbach’s recent white
paper, “Implementing Shared Decision Making at the Point of Care.”
Dr. Goldbach will outline five tactical steps providers and health
plans must take to successfully implement shared decision making.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Build buy-in throughout their
organization;
- Integrate SDM delivery into existing
workflows;
- Increase provider and patient usage and
adoption;
- Ensure effective utilization of tools
by patients; and
- Set realistic program goals and drive
results.
Many of the nation’s leading medical organizations endorse the
use of SDM, including the Institute of Medicine, U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force and the American Medical Association. However,
not all decision aids are of equal quality. Health Dialog’s
decision aids are reviewed regularly for clinical accuracy by
Harvard Medical School doctors. They have received more than 100
industry awards for content, ease-of-use and design. Health
Dialog’s decision aids have also scored higher than programs
offered by other leading commercial vendors on the internationally
approved set of criteria to determine patient decision aid quality
set forth by the International Patient Decision Aid Standards
(IPDAS) Collaboration. Studies also show that the combination of
Health Dialog’s analytics, decision aids and related coaching can
significantly reduce costs.
For a recent white paper on Health Dialog’s SDM services, please
visit
http://info.healthdialog.com/webinar-5-steps-to-implement-shared-decision-making.
About Health Dialog:
Health Dialog is a leading provider of population health
management solutions. The company works with the nation’s largest
third-party payers, employers and providers to improve the health
and wellness of their members, employees and patients while
reducing costs and improving performance in key quality measures,
such as NCQA’s HEDIS and CMS’ Stars ratings. Health Dialog’s unique
capabilities include analytics, a patient portal, a multi-channel
coaching platform, shared decision-making tools and a 24/7 nurse
line. For more information, visit www.healthdialog.com. Health
Dialog is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid Corporation
(NYSE:RAD).
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