Thursday, September 27, 2007

Health Behavior News Service - The Prepared Patient, 2007

Health Behavior News Service - The Prepared Patient, 2007: "It is not happening widely now, but Kaplan thinks in the future insurance companies and other health payers will invest in effective patienthood training. “If prepared patients go and use health care services more efficiently and effectively, if they follow through on doctor’s recommendations more, why wouldn’t insurance companies pay to make patients more prepared? Otherwise services are wasted and payers are going to end up paying for more visits because patients have goofed up their health care regimens.”"

Great idea. Just like we have classes to teach people how to invest, we need to have classes to teach people how to take care of their health and how to talk to their doctor. A mini-med school for patients !

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