{"title":"Healthcare collaboratives focus QI efforts on every patient.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>By working together, dozens of community health centers believe they now have a methodology to help bring quality care to every patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 4","pages":"43-5, 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26716475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New, integrated model of care targets risk rather than disease.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>That's the key to getting healthcare costs under control, according to one health plan that has reengineered its programming with this concept in mind.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 4","pages":"40, 42-3, 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26715820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternative models of care get results in diabetic patients.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some experts believe this is the way to improve clinical outcomes, and they're doing it by getting nurses and pharmacists more involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 4","pages":"45-8, 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26716478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Specialty pharmacists boost the care and compliance of HIV-infected patients.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pharmacists have a key role to play in managing patients infected with HIV That is the conclusion of a new study showing that clinical pharmacists may well be an underutilized resource in managing patients Swho are beginning treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy. And investigators report that their value is particularly noticeable among disadvantaged populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 3","pages":"29-31, 25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26659780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A traditional model of pregnancy care shows promise in reaching disadvantaged women.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 3","pages":"25-6, 28-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26659779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Joint Commission calls for comprehensive action on poor health literacy.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new call to action on poor health literacy. Maintaining that the problem is costing the country dearly in dollars as well as quality of life, The Joint Commission has put out a new policy white paper calling on all key players to take steps to deal with the problem of poor health literacy. Although changes at the top are sorely needed, policy makers maintain that there is much that individual providers can do to alleviate the problem.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 3","pages":"34-5, 25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26659782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Care managers have more resources at their disposal in new Medicaid effort in Florida.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New multidisciplinary care model gives Pfizer another crack at Florida's Medicaid population. Two years after an earlier DM program was discontinued, Florida is once again turning to Pfizer Health Solutions (PHS) to handle its biggest DM program to date. This time, PHS is bringing more resources to the table and taking on an additional three disease states.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 3","pages":"32-5, 25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26659781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinic uses chronic care model to tackle diabetes.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The chronic care model establishes a path to improvement--even at the practice level. It's a highly esteemed model for chronic care management, but even large organizations struggle to implement all of the elements that comprise the chronic care model. However, it can be done at the practice level. See how one Seattle-based clinic used it to produce an array of improvements in diabetes care.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 2","pages":"19-21, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26644379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research underscores the value of routine HIV screening, but barriers remain.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>HIV screening offers good value, but obstacles remain, That's the message of at least one new study that provides a solid foundation for new guidelines, recommending that HIV screening be integrated into routine care. However, huge obstacles--including lack of funding and legislative barriers--continue to stand in the way of the kind of broad screening practices that policy experts agree are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 2","pages":"16-9, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26643339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unique approach offers guidance to patients with low-prevalence/ high-cost conditions.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A unique intervention delivers behavioral health support to patients with less prevalent, but high-cost conditions. Not nearly as many patients suffer from Crohn's disease or rheumatoid arthritis as diabetes, but Newark, NJ-based Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield believes it can nonetheless improve care for these types of patients-and recoup an ROI--by providing them with an intervention that emphasizes psychosocial support.</p>","PeriodicalId":80272,"journal":{"name":"Disease management advisor","volume":"13 2","pages":"21-4, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26644380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}