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May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Experts estimate that by 2020 almost half of all Americans will have a chronic illness and 24 percent will have more than one. But how prevalent are chronic conditions today? This study addressed that question using the 1998 Medical Expenditure Pane ...
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
Medical Pathfinders, a non-profit organization that helped seriously ill Alaskans to navigate their way through the health care system, worked towards establishing a state-of-the-art research and communications system.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
Children's Hospital in Boston planned and implemented the Pediatric Alliance for Coordinated Care, a clinical service delivery model that facilitates coordinated, community-based, family-centered care for children.
January 1, 2002 | Program Result
In June 1996, the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound and the Center for the Advancement of Health jointly sponsored a conference on the requirements for effective disease management.
January 1, 2002 | 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 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Rosalynn Carter Institute at Georgia Southwestern State University replicated a model support program for people who serve as caregivers for family members and friends with chronic conditions.
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
These grants from RWJF supported the planning of its national program to improve the quality of care received by patients with chronic conditions, Improving Chronic Illness Care.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result
Family Voices, a national organization of parents of children with chronic medical conditions and disabilities, expanded its activities and increase its information-dissemination capabilities nationally.
March 29, 2007 | Program Result
Chronic Care Initiatives in HMOs is charged with identifying, demonstrating, evaluating, and disseminating innovations in the health care of chronically ill people.
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.