Health management is still a brand-new concept in China. The service target of health management is narrow, mainly concentrated in people with higher economic income. Public awareness is not high, and some concepts of health management have not been accepted by the public.
Health management is a process and method to prevent and control the occurrence and development of diseases, reduce medical expenses and improve the quality of life, to carry out health education for individuals and groups, to improve the awareness and level of self-management, and to continuously improve the health risk factors related to their lifestyles through health information collection, health testing, health assessment, personalized health management plan and health intervention.
Implementation significance:
Health management is not only an idea, but also a method and a set of perfect and thorough service procedures. Its purpose is to make patients and healthy people recover and maintain their health better, save money and expenses, and effectively reduce medical expenses.
Health management is a kind of preventive medicine. It provides health education for individuals and groups, improves the awareness and level of self-management of health, evaluates and monitors the health risk factors related to their lifestyles, and provides personalized intervention, which greatly reduces the disease risk and medical expenses, thus improving the quality of life of individuals.
In the United States, where health management was first born, health management developed rapidly. 77 million Americans enjoy medical services in about 650 health management organizations, and more than 90 million Americans have become users of health management plans.
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