A patient might expect a reminder about a missed colonoscopy during a primary care visit, but during a trip to the dermatologist? Providing health plan members with “consistent and ubiquitous reminders” via multiple touchpoints in their healthcare journey is one of Kaiser Permanente’s key population health management strategies, reports Jim Bellows, PhD, senior director of evaluation and analytics for Kaiser Permanente.
Another is the vigorous use of registries — more than 50 in all, at last count — even for relatively rare diseases. Dr. Bellows defines the criteria for registry creation, expands on the choice and availability of patient touchpoints and explains the evolution of other Web-based PHM tools in use by Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Bellows shared his organization’s approach to population care and population health management during a July 31, 2013 webinar, Managing Population Health with Integrated Registries and Effective Patient Touchpoints.
Length: 12:25 minutes
Whether extracted from an EHR or compiled with a spreadsheet program, there’s nothing magical about a registry, explains Dr. Gregory Spencer, chief medical officer for Crystal Run Healthcare. Dr. Spencer demystifies the registry, describes how to leverage registry data in multiple ways and underscores registries’ growing value in emerging care delivery models like the accountable care organization.