June 8, 2006
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Program Result
Albert Einstein Health Care Network developed, implemented and evaluated the Personal Care Partnership Program - an integrated acute and long-term care program for chronically ill, low-income, elderly individuals living in personal care homes.
June 8, 2006
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Program Result
The Community Coalition for Long Term Care - a coalition of Monroe (N.Y.) county agencies, BlueCross/BlueShield, local health care providers and advocacy organizations - conducted a demonstration project to develop and implement Continuing Care Networks.
April 1, 1998
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Program Result
Researchers at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Health Care, Research and Education, Palo Alto, Calif., carried out a critical review and evaluation of the literature on high-cost illness published between 1982 and 1992.
December 13, 2006
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Story
A rapid response team is a group of clinicians that nurses and other hospital staff can call upon at any time to provide critical care expertise at the bedside of a patient whose condition is deteriorating.
June 4, 2008
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Story
To improve the efficiency and decrease the waiting time in the ED, Grady Health System implemented a "Fast Track" service to allow patients with acute but non-life-threatening conditions to be treated more quickly and then released.