October 1, 2010
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Journal Article
The national and California Chronic Care Collaboratives implemented the Chronic Care Model (CCM) in teaching hospitals in the U.S. and California. This report, from a supplement to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, describes educational changes and improvements in clinical outcomes.
October 1, 2010
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Journal Article
Modest improvement was shown in all areas of chronic care education measured.
October 1, 2000
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Program Result
Natalie Davis Spingarn - a 25-year survivor of cancer, an activist in the field of cancer survivorship and a medical journalist - wrote a revised edition of a book, Hanging in There: Living Well on Borrowed Time.
February 26, 2009
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Story
New role could help redesign health care delivery.
November 10, 2009
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Program Result
The Plexus Institute supported two networks of scholars and clinicians to raise awareness about complexity science and develop strategies for using it to address key challenges in health care.
November 12, 2009
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Evaluation
Take Care to Learn: Teaching Clinical Care Management (TCTL) supported the development of chronic illness management initiatives in asthma and diabetes to serve as platforms for innovative education in managing care.
August 1, 2002
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Program Result
The first annual meeting was held in Atlantic City, N.J., April 30-May 2, 1999, and was attended by 131 physician-scientists, many of whom were presenters at the conference.
September 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
The University of Chicago Center for Health Administration Studies developed and published two papers: one on barriers to primary care training in internal medicine and the other on a comparison of major databases on graduate medical education.
September 1, 2009
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Journal Article
In January 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened a forum of researchers and practitioners working on the issue of childhood obesity to discuss the issues related to surveillance, screening and reporting of children's BMI. The authors of this article sought to capture the most salient points raised during the discussion.