Health IT Analytics June 6, 2017
Care management and care coordination are not interchangeable terms in the health IT world. How do they differ and why does it matter?
The terms “care management” and “care coordination” are starting to take on slightly different flavors in the health IT world as software companies create new offerings for the growing value-based care marketplace, says a new report by Chillmark Research.
Healthcare organizations are exhibiting a growing appetite for patient management tools to support population health management and outcomes-based care strategies, while paying particular attention to systems that can help them avoid quality penalties, prevent unnecessary utilization, and stay within the financial bounds of bundled payment programs.
The strong emphasis on the reimbursement implications of value-based care arrangements...