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Discuss “Study looks at health care program ”

In partnership with Blue Shield of California, the Laboratory for International Data Privacy at Carnegie Mellon University has proven that a patient-centered case management program for severely ill patients results in cost reductions of more than $18,000 per patient.

The patient-centered case management program (PCM) is a personalized care management program that assigns nurses to each patient. Through PCM, these nurses help educate the patient on their treatment options, health care services, and pain management options.

By organizing patient care to fit the individual needs of patients, PCM has been proven to help patients avoid unnecessary hospitalization and emergency departrment visits.

For this study, PCM was provided by ParadigmHealth....

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