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Academia, Chronic Care, and the Future of Primary Care

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

The Chronic Care Model provides a framework for redesigning primary care teaching clinics and could give residents positive experiences related to caring for chronically ill patients.

A Case Control Study of Home Foreclosure, Health Conditions, and Health Care Utilization

June 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Using computerized medical record data, this case-control study seeks to better understand health status and health care utilization before foreclosure. Findings suggest health care utilization changes before foreclosures, although more research is needed to understand further health care utilization of those experiencing home foreclosure.

Achieving Competence Today (ACT) Collaborative: Disseminating an Action-Based Inter-Professional Curriculum that Incorporates Quality Improvement

March 25, 2010 | 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.

A Clubhouse Opens Doors and Opportunities for the Mentally Ill in Webster City, Iowa

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Mental Health Association in Hamilton County, Iowa, established a Compeer program, a nationwide program matching volunteers with people with mental illness or mental disabilities.

A Consortium Educates Providers about Caring for the Chronically Ill

November 1, 1996 | Program Result

From 1993 to 1995, staff at the National Chronic Care Consortium enhanced its organization's ability to disseminate information related to the development of new and better ways to treat patients with chronic health problems.

A Continuing Care Management Model of Health Care in Miami Reduces Emergency Department Use

December 1, 1998 | Program Result

The University of Miami School of Medicine assessed and further developed their existing continuing care management model of care for low-income chronically ill people in Dade County Fla.

Addiction is a Chronic Disease, Says HBO ADDICTION Project

October 1, 2009 | Program Result

HBO’s Addiction Project increased awareness that addiction is a chronic brain disease through a 90-minute documentary, supplementary films and documentaries, a book, an interactive Web site and podcasts - all promoted with a national outreach campaign.

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.

Adoption of Health Promotion Practices in a Cohort of US Physician Organizations

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

An exploration of physician organizations' administrative changes and changes in health promotion practices found that physician organizations employ no standard set of health promotion practices, and that health promotion practices and organizational structure evolve over time.

Adoption of Policies to Treat Tobacco Dependence in US Medical Groups

November 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Most larger U.S. medical practice groups have some strategy in place to treat patients' tobacco dependence. But few have instituted a broad, multistrategy effort as recommended by Public Health Service guidelines, according to this survey-based study.

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