A brief article highlights how “hospitals caring for a high proportion of high-needs patients provided better care overall.” The five key elements to successful care for high needs patients include understanding the diversity and unique situation of each patient, coordinating care such as behavioral health integration and enhanced primary care, and engaging more with patients and families.
One of the key goals for DCHI is to discover, create, and implement strategies to garner more patient engagement in health care discussions and decisions. The Patient and Consumer Advisory Committee is focused on providing the voice of the patient and consumer across all of Delaware’s health care transformation work and developing specific initiatives to engage patients in this process. For more information, please visit us at http://www.dehealthinnovation.org/.
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