Effective Care for High-Need Patients

Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Outcomes, Value, and Health (free PDF)

See also: News release (free) AND Executive summary (free PDF) AND Key Points (free PDF) AND Characteristics of Successful Care Models for High-Need Patients (free PDF)

Commentary: New NAM publication examines improving outcomes, reducing costs for ‘high-needs patients’ – National – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, via EurekAlert (free)

See more resources on high-need, high-cost patients in our July 4th issue (see #2)

Source: STAT News Newsletter

“Nearly half of the nation’s spending on health care is driven by 5 percent of patients, and improving health outcomes and curbing spending in health care will require identifying who these high-needs patients are and providing coordinated services” (from EurekAlert)