An individual’s culture and language play a large part in their health. Healthcare professionals see the impact that culturally sensitive approaches can have on building greater awareness, closing care gaps, and spurring health-driven patient action.

In a previous article, we looked at foundational ways that provider organizations can close care gaps: cyclical consistency, workflow integration, and alignment with care priorities.

Health plans and provider organizations are beginning to wrestle with the non-medical influences that significantly affect patient health.

Numerous op-eds, American Medical Association (AMA) blog posts, and journal articles explore different perspectives concerning the role of providers in supporting health equity.

Engaging patients has become more of a focal point for healthcare. Motivated people tend to believe in their ability to improve or maintain their quality of life.

Rural healthcare has existed outside the influence of many value-based programs. With low case rates and specialized reimbursements, rural care clinics have not been folded into the transition.

Healthcare organizations continue to transition their approach to treating an aging population with a high rate of chronic illness. Payors and providers have ventured further into ambulatory settings where they can leverage more specialties, implement value-based care strategies, and launch tech-based programs, like chronic care management.

There’s an expanding need for health plans to collaborate with physicians and launch large-scale Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs. As the adult population continues to age, 60% of adults and 40% of school-age children already have one or more chronic conditions.