April 17, 2007
Reducing Costs - Improving Quality via Self Managment
From PLoS Medicine:
We propose that the time has come for health systems to support appropriate and appropriately timed shifts from practitioner-based care to patient self-management. The use of toolkits in other fields has demonstrated an improvement in quality, lowering of costs, and more efficient completion of tasks. This trend holds even in very complex fields. We believe that this trend will also be evident in the management of patients with chronic illness.