Impact of Clinical Complexity on the Quality of Diabetes Care
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
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Ensuring Equal Access to Specialty Care
June 1, 2011 | Commentary
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a disruptive model of health education and delivery, makes the medical resources of academic medical centers available to treat and improve outcomes for rural HCV patients.
Coordinating Care Across Diseases, Settings and Clinicians
April 19, 2005 | Journal Article
The complexity of the United States health care delivery system presents specific difficulties for the provision of coordinated care. In 2003, the RWJF Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars program began a review of the state of coordinated care and implications for the future of generalist research, education and practice.
Symptoms and Treatment Burden of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
October 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or heartburn, is a health condition approximately 25 million people confront on a daily basis. The current study examined the validity of a measure of quality of life for people suffering with GERD. The 31-ite ...
The Cost-Effectiveness of Improving Diabetes Care in US Federally Qualified Community Health Centers
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the Diabetes Health Disparities Collaborative by combining data from a study of the program's effectiveness with a comprehensive simulation model of diabetes complications.
Can Health Care Quality Improve and Cost Decrease? Pilot Project in Atlantic City May Show the Way
October 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
Mercer Human Resource Consulting joined with a local union and a health system in Atlantic City, N.J., to pilot test a new primary care delivery model called the Ambulatory-Intensive Caring Unit.
Video Presents Family Doctors' Experiences with Chronic Care Model
August 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The American Academy of Family Physicians adapted and distributed a 12-minute video presenting the experiences of three physicians who have adopted the Chronic Care Model, a treatment approach designed to improve the outcomes of patients with chronic illness.
Project ECHO: A Model for Complex, Chronic Care in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States
September 28, 2012 | Journal Article
This article discusses Project ECHO’s expansion in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in 2009. Weekly videoconferences focused on hepatitis C, chronic pain, integrated addictions and psychiatry, and HIV/AIDS.
How Does Alcohol and Drug Use Affect Care for Chronic Illnesses? The PRISM Program
April 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Program of Research to Integrate Substance Use Information into Mainstream Health Care (PRISM) advanced the evidence about the effects of alcohol and opioid use on the care physicians provided to patients with common chronic illnesses.
Study Examines How Older Adults and Clinicians View Tradeoffs in Treatment Options
January 13, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2007 to 2010, a team of researchers at Yale University School of Medicine conducted a study examining how both older adults and clinicians view the tradeoffs faced by patients facing multiple medical conditions.