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"Earning NCQA's Health Information Product Certification demonstrates thatan organization has expertise in gathering and disseminating health careinformation for patients," said Kathleen C. Mudd, vice president, ProductDelivery, NCQA. "Lilly is to be commended for being the first pharmaceuticalcompany in the nation to be reviewed for these services."
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Health Education Answers is a Web-based program designed for managed careand public payer organizations to assist in further driving the standard ofpatient care through interactive educational information. Patients accessingthe program can progress through an entire neighborhood of health educationand disease management modules, including: ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Depression,Diabetes, Diabetes Complications, Manage Your Weight, Medication Safety, Men'sHealth, Schizophrenia, Smoking & Addictions, and Women's Health.
Available in English and Spanish with full audio, the Health EducationAnswers program includes research-supported patient education material thatadheres to national clinical guidelines. This tool educates patients onseveral health areas, including proper diet and exercise, healthy habits toteach their kids, and simple steps to help themselves and their familiesprevent illness.
Health Education Answers also includes an optional health risk assessmentthat helps patients identify and understand their individual health needs andat-risk behaviors and suggestions for improvement. Based on the results,Health Education Answers then directs patients to the most applicableeducation modules.
"The Health Education Answers program is another example of Lilly'scommitment to going beyond medicine to support the overall health needs ofpatients," said Jack Bailey, vice president, Lilly. "Receiving HIPcertification is especially important to us because it is an externalvalidation from an independent team of health care professionals that thisintervention meets rigorous quality standards."
Programs such as Health Education Answers improve health and wellnesswhile reducing health care costs for payers and their patients. According to areport released by the Trust for America's Health, researchers indicate thatpreventive measures will reduce the cost of health care, estimating that foran annual investment of $10 in a "proven" community prevention program, thereturn on investment in 10 to 20 years will exceed $6 for every dollarinvested.(i)
Lilly also offers three Disease Management programs with NCQA ProgramDesign Certification as part of its ongoing commitment to improving thestandard of patient care. They include:
-- Tools That Empower(TM) Depression Care Management Program -- A programdesigned for managed care organizations to assist in further driving thestandard of patient care around Major Depressive Disorder.
-- Tools That Empower(TM) Diabetes Management Program -- A robust diabetesdisease management program that contains more than 20 best-in-class tools andresources for care managers and diabetes program directors.
-- HealthInsights for Women -- A disease management program designed forwomen aged 30 years and older that provides information about disease riskfactors and encourages them to make behavior changes that can lead to betterhealth.
For more information about Lilly's disease management and health educationprograms, visit Lilly.com and LillyforBetterHealth.com
About NCQA:
NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality informationthrough the Web and the media in order to help consumers, employers and othersmake more informed health care choices.
Consumers can access an organization's NCQA Accreditation andCertification status and other information on health care quality on NCQA'sWeb site at www.ncqa.org, or by calling NCQA Customer Support at(888) 275-7585.
About Lilly
Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growingportfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products byapplying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and fromcollaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered inIndianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers -- through medicines andinformation -- for some of the world's most urgent medical needs. Additionalinformation about Lilly is available at www.lilly.com.
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(i) Trust for America's Health, Blueprint for a Healthier America:Modernizing The Federal Public Health System To Focus On Prevention AndPreparedness, Washington, DC: Trust for America's Health, October 2008.http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Blueprint.pdf (accessed Nov. 4,2008).
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