A recent article in Harvard Business Review explores the roles and responsibilities of patients in managing their own care. For those who struggle to manage their own treatment, or for family members trying to manage the care of a loved one from afar, care management can be a welcome option.
As payment and care delivery models shift in the United States from episodic, fee-for-service care toward population health and value-based reimbursement, health care leaders are focused more than ever on patient engagement as a key to driving down costs and improving outcomes. And yet, as so many of us know who have attempted to manage our own care or tend to sick family members, the U.S. health care system rarely feels like it’s been set up to help us succeed.
Read the full article at: hbr.org
