Transforming Primary Care
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Care Plus is an alternative structure of the medical home model that would improve health and lower costs, particularly for the frail elderly population.
Community Health Centers (Clinics, FQHCs)
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How Registries Can Help Performance Measurement Improve Care
June 1, 2010 | Report
Paper describes solutions for leveraging both administrative and registry data to make additional performance results available, as well as further increase registry use for performance measurement and other purposes.
The Costs and Adequacy of Safety Net Access for the Uninsured: Bexar County (San Antonio), Texas
June 1, 2010 | Report
The health care safety net is commonly referred to but less frequently defined. Throughout this area of our Web site, we use the term to include health care providers that deliver care in a variety of settings to a diverse group of people. These pro ...
The Costs and Adequacy of Safety Net Access for the Uninsured: Genesee County (Flint), Michigan
June 1, 2010 | Report
The health care safety net is commonly referred to but less frequently defined. Throughout this area of our Web site, we use the term to include health care providers that deliver care in a variety of settings to a diverse group of people. These pro ...
The Costs and Adequacy of Safety Net Access for the Uninsured: Boston, Massachusetts
June 1, 2010 | Report
The health care safety net is commonly referred to but less frequently defined. Throughout this area of our Web site, we use the term to include health care providers that deliver care in a variety of settings to a diverse group of people. These pro ...
Effects of Benefits and Harms on Older Persons' Willingness to Take Medication for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention
May 23, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of older people's willingness to take medication to prevent cardiovascular disease according to their assessment of the medication's benefits and harms found that their willingness to take a medication is predicated more on its harms than on its benefits.
After Katrina: Integrating Behavioral and Primary Health Care in the New Orleans Metro Area
January 11, 2012 | Program Result
The Louisiana Public Health Institute supported a learning collaborative, comprised of 81 clinics, aimed at integrating behavioral and primary health care in metro New Orleans, after the city's health care system was decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
Seattle Managed Care Group Finds Implementing a Chronic Care Clinic Difficult
January 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound developed and evaluated a new approach to providing managed primary care to patients with chronic conditions within chronic care clinics that facilitate collaboration among patients, families and clinicians.
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.
Back to the Future
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
During 1997 and 1998, the Regional Healthcare Advisory Council (RHAC) – created in June 1997 by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors – developed a master plan for health care services in the county.