Disease Burden Capture Tips

Disease Burden Capture Tips

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Chronic conditions present challenges, not only from a diagnosis and treatment perspective, but also from a documentation standpoint. Accurate disease burden capture of your patients’ complete health status can increase the quality of care that they receive. To help you and your team fully and precisely document patients’ chronic conditions, Highmark has released a series of brief, informative videos (below).

Featuring Dr. Frank Colangelo, an internist and primary care physician, the videos below provide a list of “do's and don'ts” for achieving accurate disease burden capture.

Videos are available below on the following topics:             

  • Chronic Conditions – Commonly Missed Diagnoses
  • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)     
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)   
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)  
  • Dementia  
  • Diabetes 
  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) 
  • Senile Purpura   
  • Vascular Disease 

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