Improving Health & Wellness

With an aging population and an increasing incidence of chronic conditions, health care costs are rising at an unsustainable rate. Care delivery organizations (CDOs) and public health and social services (PHSS) organizations face relentless pressure to provide better and safer care and services to more patients and citizens in less time and at a lower cost.

Microsoft® and its partners provide solutions that help governments, agencies, and organizations improve personal and public health and wellness to prevent and reduce the incidence and severity of chronic conditions and lessen the need for costly treatment.

Microsoft solutions help CDOs and PHSS organizations identify and provide targeted programs for high-risk populations and ultimately improve patient and clinician satisfaction. These solutions provide cost-effective, easy-to-use tools and technologies that meet the needs of individuals, small government agencies, large national government departments, health plans, and large private health provider organizations, so the entire healthcare ecosystem can be engaged in improving personal and public health and wellness to reduce costs and achieve a more proactive and sustainable health care model.

Microsoft Solution Overview

• Personal Health and Wellness scenario help health professionals promote behavior that leads to healthier lifestyles and the prevention of chronic conditions by engaging and informing citizens through efficient outreach.
• Condition Management scenario help health professionals minimize acute episodes, hospitalization, and expensive procedures by improving how citizens manage their own health conditions.
• Population Health Intelligence scenario help health professionals measure, manage, and monitor clinical and demographic data and programs so they can align service offerings, coverage, and eligibility to improve population health and wellness, and improve chronic disease treatment outcomes for reduced complications and recurrence.

 

Personal Health and Wellness scenario:

Help patients and citizens lead healthier lifestyles to prevent chronic conditions.

Personal Health and Wellness scenario for Health Education, Health Outreach, and Personal Health provide easy-to-use, flexible tools and technologies that help promote behaviour that leads to healthier lifestyles and the prevention of chronic conditions by engaging and informing citizens.

Benefits from deploying and personnel Health and Wellness solution include

• Patients can access accurate preventive health information and tools
• Patients and providers can access medical records, lab results, care plans, medical images, and more in a single, security-enhanced, and private online portal
• Health organizations can deliver tailored outreach to patients and citizens, with minimal impact on existing operations, by using easy-to-use, automated tools
• Health organizations can enhance market perception and increase patient satisfaction

Areas to consider are

• Preventive Health Education and Resources
• Health Outreach
• Personal Health Solutions

Condition Management scenario:

Improve patients’ and citizens’ management of their health conditions.

Microsoft Condition Management scenario for Case Management and Caregiver Collaboration provide the easy-to-use, flexible tools and technologies that help patients manage their health condition and care more proactively by providing them with convenient access through an online portal to lab results, care plans, vetted condition-specific health information, condition discussion communities, and more. Patients can also track device readings, medications, and other information more easily, helping them and their caregivers stay better informed and active in managing their health condition.

Benefits from deploying a Condition management solution include:

• Patients can manage their health more proactively
• Patients can get increased quality of care and services, and more time with clients
• Health organizations can reduce duplicate efforts and manage cases more effectively
• Health organizations can improve collaboration and decision making

Areas for Consideration

• Condition Education and Resources
• Case Management
• Caregiver Collaboration

Population Health Intelligence scenario:

Measure, manage, and monitor demographic and clinical data to improve population health.
Microsoft Population and Health Intelligence scenario for Measuring and Monitoring Population Health; Disease Preparation and Response; and Managing Quality and Health Outcomes provide easy-to-use, flexible tools and technologies that help health organizations:

Benefits from deploying a Population and Health Intelligence solution include:

• Improve treatment outcomes and patient/citizen health with contextual insight into clinical KPIs across organizations and agencies
• Track and analyze performance metrics for service lines
• Improve disease prevention testing and adherence
• Analyze demographic information and trends to align service offerings
• Identify and analyze recurring episodes of illness
• Track immunization rates and disease outbreaks

Areas to Consider are:

• Measuring and Monitoring Population Health (for example, Immunization and Vaccination Tracking)
• Disease Preparation and Response
• Managing Quality and Health Outcomes