Forward Health Group Predictive Management

With the advancement of technology large health insurance providers are challenged to determine the proper use of all the data being collected on a daily basis. Dean Health Plan a large health insurance provider with all the hospital and clinic staff collecting patient information from communities in south central Wisconsin. All that information being collected should be utilized in a purposeful manner to benefit the people it is being collected from.

Forward Health Group a company from Madison Wisconsin delivers a service that assists large medical providers to participate in a predictive management strategy. Predictive management is a form of prevention. Forward Health Group would collaborate with medical providers adding the technological set that can be used to procure specifics from a large pool of data.

The technology would review existing collected information and identify persons in the group most at risk for a disease process. The technology is assisting the medical staff employed by the health insurance provider to predict the patients that will need help managing a disease process. The list of people identified by the technology as having risk for the disease process is then contacted by the health insurance plan with an offer to participate in a no cost program.

The no cost program involves medical staff calling the person , and scheduling a series of phone visits. The medical person uses the time on the phone visits to engage the person and facilitate a life style change to reduce the persons risk of harm from the predicted disease process. The health insurance provider hopes the person will participate in at home strategies (exercise, diet) and reduce their need for costly medical services.

This is a way to put preventive treatments into the hands of a patient that seems to need them the most. It clearly demonstrates the way technology is influencing the delivery of health care.

Home Care Path is a leading senior care provider serving south central Wisconsin. Services include:
-in home staffing for elders
-inpatient advocacy for safe successful hospital stays
-transitional counseling when more structured service is needed
-downsizing home contents when stuff matters
-temporary assistance with a day surgical procedure
-communicating face to face on the computer across long distances
Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an in home interview. We can be there when you are working. Valuing home and human life. Note Home Care Path is transitioning to microsoft office 365.