Summary: In this podcast, Dr. Philip M. Bonaparte, chief medical officer of Horizon NJ Health comments on the success of his organization's fourth ER-based caseworker initiative and the information these caseworkers distribute to patients. Bonaparte also comments on the benefits and drawbacks retail clinics and convenient care clinics are having on the healthcare industry at this stage in their existence. Dr. Bonaparte and Caryn Jacobi, McKesson's associate V.P. of operations for Illinois, will describe how their respective organizations target and engage Medicaid enrollees for participation and success in disease management programs during a July 25, 2007 audio conference, The Medicaid Population: Identifying, Locating and Engaging a Hard-to-Reach Population for Disease Management Success.
