The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a report containing a new strategic framework for improving the health of Americans with multiple chronic conditions, according to an HHS news release.
The framework is focused on integrated and coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, which is expected to be a significant change in how care is delivered for these patients. Currently, the healthcare system is predominately designed to treat one condition at a time, but the Patient Protection and Affordable Care has created an impetus to move toward more coordinate care models.
The framework includes four goals and multiple objectives for HHS to better improve the delivery of care to patients with multiple chronic conditions. The four goals include:
1. Foster healthcare and public health system changes to improve the health of individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
2. Maximize the use of proven self-care management and other services by individuals with multiple conditions.
3. Provide better tools and information to healthcare, public health and social services workers who deliver care to individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
4. Facilitate research to fill knowledge gaps about, and interventions and systems to benefit, individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
More than a quarter of all Americans ― and two out of three older Americans ― have multiple chronic conditions, and treatment for these individuals accounts for 66 percent of the nation's healthcare budget, according to the release.
Read the HHS release on managing patients with multiple chronic conditions.
Read the full HHS report on managing patients with multiple conditions.
The framework is focused on integrated and coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, which is expected to be a significant change in how care is delivered for these patients. Currently, the healthcare system is predominately designed to treat one condition at a time, but the Patient Protection and Affordable Care has created an impetus to move toward more coordinate care models.
The framework includes four goals and multiple objectives for HHS to better improve the delivery of care to patients with multiple chronic conditions. The four goals include:
1. Foster healthcare and public health system changes to improve the health of individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
2. Maximize the use of proven self-care management and other services by individuals with multiple conditions.
3. Provide better tools and information to healthcare, public health and social services workers who deliver care to individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
4. Facilitate research to fill knowledge gaps about, and interventions and systems to benefit, individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
More than a quarter of all Americans ― and two out of three older Americans ― have multiple chronic conditions, and treatment for these individuals accounts for 66 percent of the nation's healthcare budget, according to the release.
Read the HHS release on managing patients with multiple chronic conditions.
Read the full HHS report on managing patients with multiple conditions.