Newsletter Articles | June 1, 2012
Changing Patient Behaviors: Are Consumers The Problem? Or Is It Us?
Changing Patient Behaviors: Are Consumers The Problem? Or Is It Us?
In our current health care market, we are seeing the emergence of a plethora of consumer-driven health care models—high-deductible health plans, quality ratings for hospitals and physicians, and service and product cost information—that are intended to give consumers more information and decision making power. Yet despite the premise that these models encourage patients to become better health care consumers by giving them information and putting them at-risk for a significant percentage of the costs, there are voices in the industry that say otherwise. This . . .