Hello all:
I am on the receiving end of a newsletter called iHealthBeat -
http://www.ihealthbeat@ADVISORY.COM
In glancing through the highlights I came across synopsis of an article
about US and Germany being more like than Japan and France to consult with
physicians online. This speaks to a piece of the CDMP mission and our
shared interests, so I went to the whole article on care delivery and from
within it found this report by the Harris organization (and also refers to
the Boston Consulting Group and their healthcare practice at bcg.com)
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/healthnews/HI_HealthCareNe
ws2001Vol1_iss31.pdf
This article covers the aspects of ehealth that MDs are willing to embrace -
not great numbers - what creates a time-savings, time-sinks (non
reimbursable email time), where there are financial assists (drug companies
and MCOs creating grants for experiments with reimbursing some electronic
communication), issues in remote following, what the tradeoffs are, tool
delivery to make converts, training, support, and - as always - results.
While our target users are mostly care manager, MDs form a significant
segment of our users and our champions. CDMP wants to position itself as the
tool of choice for usability, redirecting outcomes, quick training, and
early adoption.
The article is long - about 14 pages long and probably not on your "got to
read it now" or "quick read" lists - but interesting as it bolsters the
things we've been talking about over the last year.
As always, I hope you're well and finding the information we ferret out
useful.
Joan
