August 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Spirit of Caring Mobile Health Clinic, which provides primary health care to low-income, uninsured children in the Chula Vista Elementary School District in California, expanded its services to include asthma education, screening and treatment.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
Sentara Health System established a service credit banking program that recruited volunteers to provide supportive community-based services for enrollees of both its Medicare managed care plan and a project aimed at nursing-home-eligible patients.
January 29, 2002
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Program Result
Beth Israel Hospital Association developed Passaic Asthma Reduction Effort. PARE! assessed the incidence of asthma in the city of Passaic and developed an asthma management plan focused on the city's Hispanic population.
January 1, 2002
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Program Result
The National Committee for Quality Assurance worked on developing standard measures of HMO performance in caring for enrollees with four chronic illnesses: childhood asthma, diabetes, major depression and coronary artery disease.
July 24, 2006
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Program Result
The Corporacion de Servicios de Salud y Medicina Avanzada developed a chronic disease prevention and control project to reach into rural communities and help educate those with chronic illnesses manage their own care.