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Medica's "Care Advisor" Model Costs HMO Less, Gets Higher Patient Satisfaction

December 1, 2003 | Program Result

The University of Minnesota Medical School compared the effects on patients and a health plan of using a "care advisor" who coordinated services for senior members of a health plan to those of the plan's regular "gatekeeper" model.

Study: Regardless of Race, Elderly Prefer Traditional Case Management

September 1, 2006 | Program Result

The Institute for Health Policy at Brandeis University examined the extent to which older Boston adults wanted to participate in the management and supervision of community-based long-term care services.

Home Alone: Hospice Program Helps Elderly Who Don't Have Resident Caregivers

January 29, 2002 | Program Result

Samaritan Hospice, located in Moorestown, N.J., started the SOLO Live Alone Program to provide in-home services to elderly patients without resident caregivers in Camden, Burlington, Gloucester and Mercer counties.

After Hospital Discharge, Does Intensive Case Management Make a Difference?

April 1, 2008 | Program Result

The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center examined the effects of five HMO case management programs on patients' compliance with discharge services and use of acute care services.

Researchers Identify Ways to Measure and Improve Home Health Care

March 1, 2005 | Program Result

From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.

Survey Assesses Strengths and Weakness of Service Agencies for the Elderly

March 1, 2003 | Program Result

In 2000, the National Council on the Aging conducted a survey among community service organizations concerning their health and social support programs for older adults.

Additional Funding to Coordinate Services for Elderly in Cincinnati Doesn't Improve Health Care

August 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Council on Aging of the Cincinnati Area developed a project to enhance care for the frail elderly by linking acute and long-term care services and improving communication and coordination among providers.

Nevada HMO Creates a Model for Managing Chronic Illnesses by Coordinating Care

January 1, 2002 | Program Result

Sierra Health Services designed and evaluated for replicability a model of care to improve the identification of high-risk members and better integrate case management into the primary care setting.

Rural Pennsylvania Geisinger Clinic Tracks Nutrition Problems Among the Elderly

January 1, 2002 | Program Result

Geisinger Clinic, a nonprofit physician group practice serving northeastern and central Pennsylvania, screened more than 5,000 of its elderly, mostly rural enrollees to identify those at high risk for nutritional deficiency.

Workgroup's Recommendations Help HMOs Identify and Care for, High-Risk Chronically Ill Older Patients

May 1, 2006 | Program Result

For 10 years (1994–2004), the HMO Workgroup on Care Management published recommendations on, and highlighted opportunities and challenges in, care management practices for chronically ill older patients under capitated arrangements.

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