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TriZetto Is First to Market With New Suite of Healthwise Information Therapy Products:
Self-Management of Asthma, Diabetes, COPD, and More Takes a Huge Step Forward
| Source: Healthwise
BOISE, ID--(Marketwire - June 19, 2007) - Healthwise today announces an agreement with The
TriZetto Group Inc. (NASDAQ : TZIX ) that takes health care consumer
engagement to an exciting new level. The two companies now offer to health
plans groundbreaking information therapy programs to help their members
manage complex, high-cost health issues. Key Campaigns and Smart Campaigns
deployed with TriZetto's Personal CareAdvance® care management platform
include content from Healthwise, the organization that wrote the book on
information therapy.
Smart Campaigns deliver individually-tailored information prescriptions to
help people master their health conditions. These relevant messages --
delivered regularly throughout the year -- are matched to each person's
needs and preferences based on their health conditions, treatment history,
demonstrated knowledge, and expressed motivation. The content is uniquely
compelling, too, including surveys, personal stories, recipes, and to-know
lists -- all aimed at actively engaging consumers.
"These campaigns deliver information therapy at its best. People receive
just the information they need, at just the right time, to help them take
action," said Donald W. Kemper, Healthwise founder and CEO. "We expect the
campaigns to help close some of the major quality gaps that now exist in
chronic care. What people can do to manage their asthma, diabetes, heart
disease, or depression will be remarkably clear."
When health plans implement these campaigns, they are following the three
simple but important rules of the Healthwise® Ix® Solution: 1) Help
people do as much for themselves as they can, 2) Help people get the care
that they need, and 3) Help people say "no" to the care that is not right
for them.
Picture this: A health plan's data shows that a woman -- let's call her
Marcella -- has been diagnosed with asthma. That triggers the Asthma Smart
Campaign. Marcella receives an initial message asking about the diagnosis,
and based on her responses and her desire to learn more, she enrolls in an
on-going program that sends "digestible" bits of information to her during
the year. Her first module is New Diagnosis. Soon, as the data sources
learn more about Marcella, new modules may be introduced, including Overuse
of Rescue Medicine, Uncontrolled Asthma, Asthma and Allergies, Asthma and
Stress, Asthma and Pregnancy, Seasonal Issues, Nocturnal Asthma, and Asthma
and Quitting Smoking.
There will be Smart Campaigns for Asthma, COPD, Coronary Artery Disease,
Heart Failure, Type 2 Diabetes, Arthritis, Depression, Headaches, Low Back
Pain, Pregnancy, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Prediabetes,
Smoking, and Back Pain Prevention.
Key Campaigns provide health plan members with information prescriptions
directly related to their current health issues. These campaigns cover over
450 health issues and medical tests. If Marcella were to get blood work
done, for example, the health plan's data sources would trigger a brief
information prescription to her saying that her records show a recent blood
test. The message would link her to in-depth information in the Healthwise
Knowledgebase about the test, why it's done, and how to interpret the
results.
"Reducing costs and increasing member satisfaction are priorities many
payers face," said TriZetto's Cost and Quality of Care President Gene
Drabinski. "Our new agreement with Healthwise helps address these issues by
combining TriZetto's leading care management and information technology
solutions with Healthwise's evidence-based consumer health information."
About Healthwise
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make
better health decisions. Nearly 100 million times a year, people turn to
Healthwise information to learn how to do more for themselves, ask for the
care they need, and say "no" to the care they don't need. Healthwise
partners with health plans, hospitals, disease management companies, and
health Web sites to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to the
people they serve. To learn more about the Healthwise Information Therapy
(Ix®) Solution, visit www.healthwise.org or call 1.800.706.9646.