Incentives and Communications « Patient Centric Healthcare

Incentives and Communications « Patient Centric Healthcare: "Everybody looking at the healthcare system understands that incentives and alignment of goals is a critical component for successful change.

* Providers need to be motivated to focus on wellness and prevention.
* Individuals need to be motivated to care about the cost of care and to act in a healthy manner.
* Pharmacists need to be motivated to take the extra action of moving patients to lower cost agents, resolving administrative edits, and counseling patients.
* Hospitals need to be motivated to focus on Six Sigma type process initiatives.
* Health Plans need to be motivated to invest in long-term care initiatives that prevent people from getting sick."

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