National Program
To develop, field test and disseminate innovative and feasible interventions for primary care-based health behavior change counseling, in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
National Program
To support pilot testing of innovations to overcome barriers to patients managing their chronic conditions, including an online collaborative, a virtual learning community for providers, and a virtual learning community for patients and families.
National Program
Initiative to reduce emergency department visits, increase reliance on primary care providers, improve adherence to clinical protocols, and improve patient knowledge of and compliance with therapeutic regimens.
National Program
To support partnerships among local health care providers and community organizations to address diabetes prevention and self-management issues in communities where cultural and ethnic diversity influence related health behaviors.
National Program
Program to expand and test multicomponent self-management programs that could be delivered in primary care settings and improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
October 22, 2010
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Program Result
New Health Partnerships: Improving Care by Engaging Patients explored whether primary care centers could deliver comprehensive patient- and family-centered self-management support to patients with chronic conditions.
December 1, 2012
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Report
This program was a 30-month, multi-site initiative to improve diabetes self-management and to determine whether self-management principles could be implemented effectively in real-world settings.
April 20, 2010
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Program Result
Researchers at the Center for Future Health explored the idea of using techniques from "machine health monitoring" to create real-time personal health-monitoring systems and developed a prototype system.
April 19, 2010
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Program Result
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.
December 12, 2011
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Program Result
Improving Chronic Illness Care supported a clinical improvement program, targeted research and dissemination related to the Chronic Care Model, a patient-centered, collaborative approach to the delivery of care for people with chronic illness.