Health Dialog Press Releases

Living with Coronary Heart Disease: What You Need to Know

dfajardo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

BOSTON, Mass. – February 1, 2012 – In honor of American Heart Month, Health Dialog today announced it has made its award-winning patient decision aid, “Living with Coronary Heart Disease” available to the public for the month of February. The decision aid will be available as a public service offering to provide information and support to individuals living with the disease.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease . Health Dialog’s decision aid provides patients with information about the condition so that they may be more informed and ...

Health Dialog Wins AVA Award for HD Care Compass™ Tool

dfajardo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT

BOSTON, Mass. – January 31, 2012 – Health Dialog today announced that its newest decision support tool, the HD Care Compass™ web and mobile site, was recognized with a Gold AVA Award (Audio Visual Award) in the website/medical category. This award is the latest in a long line of recognitions for Health Dialog as the leader in Shared Decision Making, with the company’s industry-leading healthcare decision support aids having garnered more than 60 awards in the last two years alone. The AVA Awards is an international competition that recognizes outstanding work by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design, ...

Spreading the Well: We Can Do Better

dfajardo — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT

BOSTON, Mass. – January 24, 2012 – With the annual national cost of obesity totaling close to $150 billion, depression causing 200 million lost work days each year, and smoking costing more than $193 billion1 the time to focus on engaging people in wellness programs is now. Many payors, providers, and employer groups have wellness programs in place, but a program is only as good as its ability to identify and then engage the people who need it most.

To show how an effective wellness program should be designed, Health Dialog today released a whitepaper, “Spreading the Well: How to ...

Checking in to keep you well: IBC and Health Dialog team up to help primary care doctors improve care

dfajardo — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:45:36 GMT

Philadelphia, PA – January 20, 2012 – Independence Blue Cross (IBC) today announced that it is collaborating with Health Dialog, a leading provider of health care analytics and decision support, on a new pilot program that will offer health coaching to people with chronic illnesses to help them stay well and out of the hospital.

Through the pilot, four primary care practices serving 10,000 patients in the Philadelphia region will work with dedicated health coaches who will communicate with patients who are at increased risk for acute health problems, such as diabetics with high blood pressure or severe asthmatics. The ...

Health Dialog Receives Renewed NCQA Disease Management (DM) Accreditation

dfajardo — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:21:48 GMT

BOSTON, Mass. – January 5, 2012 – Health Dialog today announced that its Disease Management (DM) program has been re-accredited for the next three years by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The prestigious certification demonstrates compliance with key standards for NCQA health plan accreditation, including high standards of disease management care for people with asthma, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure and ischemic vascular disease (IVD). Health Dialog’s Disease Management program has been recognized by NCQA since 2002.

“NCQA’s Disease Management accreditation program is thorough and rigorous. It’s designed to highlight only those programs that truly ...