HEDIS

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Institution

Prevention and Screening

Prevention and screening measures take care of child immunization, lead screening in children and cancer screening among others. Health plan and health care providers can improve the performance of this measure in the following ways (Kongstvedt, 2009; 202). Health care providers should adopt a behavioral risk factor management practice that puts up more preventive measures. Ensuring children get the necessary immunizations and at the appropriate time is one of the issues that require improvement. In addition, disease screening devices should be harmonized and tested before using them. Testing them ensures their fitness to use for disease screening purposes, and implementing the intended function (PCPI, 2008).

Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular measures are responsible for cholesterol management, control of high blood pressure, and treatments offered after a heart attack. The health plan and health care providers have a duty of ensuring the following measures get addressed to victims (Kongstvedt, 2009; 202). The health care experts should give advice to people on the best type of food to eat in order to get rid of high cholesterol levels in the body. This could occur through cholesterol screening after an acute heart attack. Second, the health sector should encourage health plan’s enthusiasm that allows health workers to participate in collaborative initiatives. Finally, the health care sector should promote campaigns that educate people on overall diabetes care by addressing serious cardiovascular risk factors (Wisconsin Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program, 2007).

Behavior health

The behavior health measures deal with antidepressant medical management, hospital follow-ups for children prescribed medication and hospitalization for medical illness (Kongstvedt, 2009; 202). The health plan and health care providers should put in place new technology that monitors the distribution of medical materials. This technology will take control of manufacture, delivery, distribution and overall management of the behavior health centre. On the other hand, the health care providers should become more responsible in order to avoid loss of medicine and ensure people receive the necessary treatments on time (Institute of Medicine, 1997).

References

Institute of Medicine. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral

Health. Washington Dc: National Academies Press.

ongstvedt, P. R. (2009). Managed care: What it is and how it works. (3rd Ed.). Sudbury, MA:

Jones and Bartlett.

PCPI. (2008). Work Group Members: Preventive Care & Screening. Retrieved from;

HYPERLINK “http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/370/pcs_final08.pdf” http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/370/pcs_final08.pdf

Wisconsin Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program. (2007). Cardiovascular Care

Performance. Retrieved from:

http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/Health/cardiovascular/docs/hmoCareAug07.pdf