Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Using Chronic Care Model Helps To Improve People's Health And Care

From Medical News Today:

Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, knew there had to be a better way. He and Group
Health colleagues set out 15 years ago to explore how best to engage
patients with chronic diseases in effective care. With Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation support, they developed the Chronic Care Model. More
than 1,500 U.S. and international medical practices have adopted the
Model. Now the largest roundup of evidence on how the Model performs in
practice confirms that it works. This review is in the January/February
2009 issue of Health Affairs, focused on a key part of reforming health care: caring for chronic diseases in a "fragmented" health care system....

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