Chilmark Research June 5, 2017
One of the most interesting trends that Chilmark Research uncovered in studying the care management market over the last several months was the shift away from care coordination and back toward the delivery of care management.
After all, the rhetoric in the healthcare industry points directly at care coordination – loosely defined as the deliberate organization of appropriate, safe, and efficient care activities by a team that includes the patient – as the hallmark of value-based care. Focusing on care management, which centers primarily on evidence-based care plans, would seem like a step backward.
Well, it is. But it’s a necessary step backward. As we learned at HIMSS17, lots of people are talking about social determinants of health, but few...