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Disease Management News, July 28, 2008
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A population- and technology-based remote monitoring platform can greatly reduce the need for costly acute care services by involving patients in their own care, according to results from the Iowa Medicaid Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Population Disease Management (DM) Demonstration.
The one-year demonstration, which included 266 Iowa Medicaid members and was conducted by Iowa Medicaid Enterprises, the Iowa Chronic Care Consortium (ICCC), and technology company Pharos Innovations, reported a 24% reduction in hospital admissions, compared to a 22% increase in the control group.
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