In ‘Transparency E-Tools: Healthcare IT That Meets Employer
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c61658) has announced the addition of "Transparency e-Tools: Healthcare IT That Meets Employer, Consumer and Accreditation Demands" to their offering.
Consumer-driven healthcare enrolment is rising steadily. Evidence shows that transparency in cost and quality can trim healthcare bills and cultivate a more informed and healthy consumer. To support this consumer-driven environment, employers are demanding Web technologies to facilitate employees’ plan and provider comparisons and decision-making. Additionally, healthcare organizations such as the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) now require certain Web-based tools before conferring accreditation.
In "Transparency e-Tools: Healthcare IT That Meets Employer, Consumer and Accreditation Demands," contributing authors describe the challenges of developing Web technologies that support decision-making and promote good health, building effective performance metrics, structuring incentive programs, and getting people to use them. Although there are still many hurdles to overcome, the transparency vision includes an informed, involved and connected healthcare consumer who effectively navigates the Web for decision support, comparison-shopping and healthcare spending management.
In this 55-page special report, HIN’s accomplished panel of contributing authors furnish details on the following:
The challenges of providing cost and quality information;
The Web’s evolving role in consumer-driven healthcare;
Plan comparison and cost calculator e-tools;
Length, detail and utilization of online health risk assessments (HRAs) and incentives for HRA completion;
Building buy-in for consumer-driven healthcare initiatives;
and much more.
Throughout this special report, these respected thought leaders offer strategies and lessons learned in the transparency arena, including eight pages of Q&A:
Kim Bellard, vice president, eMarketing & CRM, Highmark Inc.
Louis H. Diamond, M.B., Ch.B., vice president and medical director of Medstat
John Mills, director of product development, HIP Health Plan
This report is based on two recent HIN audio conferences on the emergence of transparency in healthcare and its increasing dependency on the Web to educate and support consumers in healthcare-related decisions.
Topics Covered:
Experiences and Challenges of Transparency in Healthcare
HIP Health Plan Charts Interest in Consumer-Driven Healthcare
The Web’s Growing Role in CDHC
Q&A: Ask the Experts
For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c61658