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Pilot Collaborative on Self-Management Support
The Pilot Collaborative on Self-Management Support, operated through the Health Research and Educational Trust of Chicago, IL tested the concepts of self-management support in diverse ambulatory delivery settings, resulting in significant improvements in implementation of the chronic care model components that enhance self-management support.
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Integrated Outpatient CHF Management Program
The Health Alliance Physician Hospital Organization (HAPHO)-supported team designed and implemented an outpatient program to more effectively manage Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) patients through education, tele-monitoring, and protocol-driven interventions resulting in a reduction of the CHF admission rate by 50 percent and the average length of stay (ALOS) by 2.38 days.
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The MedProvider Inpatient Care Unit – Congestive Heart Failure Project
Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas, Texas, USA) reduced readmissions for CHF patients from 16.8 percent to 6 percent by redesigning the discharge process, and improving patient/family communication and primary care physician follow-up.
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Pursuing Perfection: School Nurses Key to Asthma Project at Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a health care system in Massachusetts (USA), has identified local school nurses as valuable members of their Pursuing Perfection Pediatric Asthma Project team.
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Improvement Report: An Integrated Approach to Improving Patient Care
At CareSouth Carolina (Hartsville, South Carolina, USA), a community health center serving the most medically underserved populations in our community, we have developed an integrated approach to improving patient care. We serve the rural South Carolina counties of Darlington, Chesterfield, Dillon, Marlborough, and Lee. By utilizing the Chronic Care and Open Access Models, we have significantly improved care for all of our patients, including patients with depression, asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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Improvement Report: Improving Cardiovascular Care at Robeson Health Care Corporation
Robeson Health Care Corporation (Fairmont, North Carolina USA) currently has 32 percent of patients achieve a blood pressure below 140/90. Learn more about how they achieved these promising results.
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Pursuing Perfection: Ask the Parents: Caring for Children with Cystic Fibrosis at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Knowing that parents of young CF patients are natural advocates for near-perfect care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) include parents in the design and planning of the care staff provide.
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Pursuing Perfection: Chronic Care and Depression at Cambridge Health Alliance
It is no surprise that a high percentage of people with chronic illnesses also suffer from depression. Yet, according to studies cited in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), depression is often under-diagnosed in primary care settings, and if recognized, is often not treated according to evidence-based, standardized guidelines.
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Improving Coronary Heart Disease Care in the United Kingdom
A fourfold reduction in mortality and more than 800 lives saved over a two-year period. These are the results of a nationwide effort by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service to improve care for coronary heart disease patients.
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