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April 30, 2019
Performance Opportunity Project: Keeping HARP Members Connected
CDPHP has offered case management services to our Medicaid Health and Recovery Plan (HARP) members since 2016. These are members who are identified as having significant behavioral and medical health needs. Our HARP case management team works to connect these members to providers and services in an effort to improve their health outcomes.
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March 19, 2019
Seven Tips for Highly Effective Patient Engagement
With ever-increasing documentation requirements and the press of an often jam-packed clinical schedule, physicians are finding it increasingly difficult to establish a trusting, empathic relationship with their patients. Yet patients place great store in the time and attention their physicians give them, and a successful physician-patient partnership can actually improve health outcomes and compliance.
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March 19, 2019
Screening Tools for Measuring Depression
When a patient seeks treatment for depression, it’s a good idea for the physician to use a scale to measure subjective symptoms. Several screening tools are available to assess mood, motivation level, and suicidal thoughts. For example, the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) is an appropriate tool for identifying depression in teens and adults, whereas older…
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February 12, 2019
Screening Pregnant and Postpartum Women for Depression Improves Outcomes
Depression is one of the most common medical complications women can face during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Untreated depression has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, including fetal growth restrictions and preterm birth.
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February 12, 2019
The Doctor Is In
Access to quality health care is essential to the health of a community. When experiencing a health issue, patients want to know that they can see their provider/doctor within an appropriate time frame. CDPHP has established access standards to make sure members can access the health care they need when they need it.
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