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PATH
Enables You To Identify & Influence Patterns Of "Patient
Thinking" That Are Obstacles To Managing Chronic Disease
Conditions
Examples of "patient thinking" that
can seriously compromise your ability to manage chronically
ill patients include:
Lack
of trust in medical professionals, a tendency to "avoid"
thinking about or dealing with health problems, an inclination
to "react" to medical problems rather than proactively
"plan ahead," a lack of interest in seeking health
information, and so on.
PATH
Identifies Chronic Disease Patients With Patterns Of "Self-Defeating"
Health Care Thinking And Behavior
Nationally, PATH research shows that one third of US adults
consistently display patterns of health thinking and behavior
that most people would consider "self defeating"
with respect to their own health. This group consists
of adults with the following PATH "valuegraphic profiles:"
Trend
data collected by the PATH Institute
over the past 15 years shows that adults with these PATH
"profiles" are more likely to exhibit the following
types of health behaviors:
- Excessive,
unnecessary or inappropriate utilization of services
- High
risk behaviors like smoking, obesity and inactivity
- Chronic
disease conditions
- Non-compliance
- Lower
quality of self care
By
using the
PATH Segmentation and Profiling System
to "profile" your chronic disease population,
you will be able to more accurately assess and identify
individuals which represent the greatest potential "risks,"
and the resources required to serve these patients.
PATH Helps You Manage "Self-Defeating" Patient
Thinking and Behavior
Once identified, Custom PATH "Scripts"
enable you to target problematic patterns of health care
thinking within your chronic disease population.
PATH
"Scripts" are messages can be integrated
into written and verbal communication between providers
(i.e., physicians, RNs, health consultants...) and patients/members/employees
enabling providers to better manage/modify patient health
thinking, behavior and health status.
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What
Are The Benefits Of Using The Tools Described Above?
- PATH
enables you to segment and target individuals, and groups
of individuals, who possess patterns of health thinking
and behavior that you want to manage or modify:
- A
Custom PATH Report can identify potential barriers to
the successful management of the patient (i.e., level
of trust in medical professionals, level of participation
in self care, and so on)...and ways to address them.
- PATH
provides clinicians and telephone advice personnel with
a standard, research-based framework for assessing new
members, developing care plans for new members and tracking
long term progress of members.
- PATH
enables you promote and build your disease and demand
management client base by using "one-to-one"
PATH "Scripts"
or messages customized to each PATH Group's set of health-related
"hot button" interests.
- PATH
enables you to integrate customized, "one-to-one messages"
into all provider/patient communications to address specific
cognitive and behavioral challenges associated with
each PATH Group.
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Message
Map, our web-based "message" planning and
design tool, enables you to craft health education and wellness
materials that target the "hot button" health
issues of the patient, member or employee based upon
their PATH Group profile.
Are
There Other Benefits To Using These Tools?
Besides
helping you to improve patient/member health status;
When
Should You Use These
Tools?
The
combination of tools outlined above would be ideal for applications
including the following:
- Crafting
treatment plans and allocating resources consistent with the
expected requirements of patients in each PATH Group.
- Customizing
health education messages and materials.
Call
us at 1-800-501-7284 (PST) to discuss you project
and to get a price quote.
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