Leveraging Technology In Community-Based Service Settings

Changes in consumer preferences for convenience coupled with payer desire to reduce costs has led to an increased use of community-based care technologies in the past couple of years (see Making The “Community-Based” Concept Work and When Choosing Treatment Technologies, Leverage The Low-Cost Options). With that move, there is an increased need for technology to help manage consumers and better coordinate care in community-based settings. Technology can provide the data and analytics to inform decisionmaking, aid consumers outside of treatment, and improve care coordination. Different types of technology include wearables, remote monitoring, smartphone applications, text message . . .