December 1, 2009
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Journal Article
A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.
December 1, 2001
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Program Result
Innovative Medical Research developed and tested three research tools that provide the foundation for a planned asthma intervention appropriate for use in managed care organizations.
June 4, 2006
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Program Result
Improving Asthma Care for Children was a national program of RWJF to test new approaches to managing asthma in children receiving care through Medicaid managed care - sometimes paid for through the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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.
National Program
Program to train primary care residents and nurse practitioners to deliver high-quality care for patients with chronic illnesses within the fixed-budget constraints of managed care.
February 23, 2006
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Program Result
As a result of this project, the family nurse practitioner project integrated managed care content and Web-based resources into two core courses and planned to make managed care clinical experiences a required part of the training project.
March 25, 2010
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Program Result
ACT created an interactive website and sample curricula for post–medical school physician training programs. Six hospitals adapted, institutionalized and expanded the ACT curriculum at their schools.
November 12, 2009
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Evaluation
The evaluation of Partnerships for Quality Education (PQE) consisted of a survey of 63 project directors in order to define the specific managed care competencies and related patient care tasks that residence program directors expected residents to learn as a result of the new training.
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.
April 9, 2008
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Program Result
The goal of Partnerships for Quality Education (PQE) was to align training of physicians and nurse practitioners with the demands of 21st century clinical practice.