News For Tag "maternity care"

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  Finalist for the Platinum Awards

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Wednesday, February 21, 2018

  The Signature Care Management team has been selected as a finalist in four categories for the 2018 DecisionHealth Platinum Awards. Signature values this recognition for their efforts to lead the transformation of healthcare to value-based care. Utilizing a patient-centered approached, Signature's strategies include streamlined care coordination overextended episode periods and effective software solutions that improve outcomes and reduce costs.

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  "Behavioral Health: Fixing a System in Crisis"

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Wednesday, January 31, 2018

  In a recent Modern Healthcare Special Report "Behavioral Health: Fixing a System in Crisis," Signature's Maternity Care Home Model was highlighted as a program successfully addressing behavioral health and improving outcomes.

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  The Dangerous Myth of Patient Responsibility: Part 1

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Thursday, May 4, 2017

  At a recent conference, I presented care redesign and care management strategies we implement in our Maternity Care Home Model for Medicaid patients. This model addresses all aspects of women's health, including behavioral health, during the perinatal period, using a patient-centered and strengths-based approach. During the question and answer period, our model was criticized by an audience member for not addressing “patient responsibility.”

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  Signature Care Management's CareMOSAIC Receives Decision Health Platinum Award

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Thursday, May 4, 2017

  The Bundled Payment team at Signature Medical Group was honored to receive a Decision Health Platinum Award recognizing our custom case management software solution, CareMOSAIC. In addition, we received two honorable mentions for exceptional work in case management in both our orthopedic program and our maternity care program. The Decision Health 8th Annual Case in Point Platinum Award recognizes individuals and organizations across the country for their success in improving healthcare delivery

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  Empowering Patient Responsibility: Part 2

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Tuesday, January 31, 2017

  Our previous post, “The Dangerous Myth of Patient Responsibility,” discussed patient responsibility through the lens of a missed healthcare visit and the social inequities that can create barriers to accessing healthcare. Two perspectives, by a patient and provider, demonstrated how a provider may make an assumption that a patient who repeatedly misses her appointments is irresponsible and apathetic, when the reality is the patient relies on undependable public transit and does not have enough m