BluePrints for Health

Categories: Diabetes Prevention,Promote Health and Wellness

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware developed the BluePrints for Health program to offer members a compendium of resources to make more-informed decisions about their health and improve overall wellness. The program encompasses four primary components — prevention and wellness, health education, care management and medical management — and provides Web-based information to promote health improvements for members, including:

• Delaware Blue – A quarterly member publication containing articles on health and wellness topics and updates on plan benefits and changes.
• Online Health and Wellness Tools
  • Integrated Wellness Portal – Helps members reach personal health goals such as nutrition and fitness, smoking cessation and health coaching. 
  • My BlueConnection – Offers 24/7 access to the latest tips and information to maintain health and wellness.
  • Hospital Comparison Tool – Allows members to search and compare hospitals around the United States on a number of performance factors, such as average length of stay, number of procedures performed and rates of complications and mortality.
  • Pharmacy Tools – Helps members to manage prescription drug costs with estimated drug expenses and offers members access to adverse interaction tools to ensure prescribed medications work together without harmful side effects.
• Preventive Health Guidelines – Annually published guidelines with healthcare recommendations for every age, including a preventive care checklist of important tests, immunizations and screenings.
• Second Opinion Program – Provides members with independent second opinions for certain diagnoses, such as cancers and pediatric heart defects.