Showing posts with label chronic care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chronic care. Show all posts

Monday, 16 September 2013

Sustaining and spreading self-management support

"Changing the way healthcare is delivered so that patients are supported to more effectively manage their longterm condition is also hard – it involves redefining the role of professionals and patients and putting in place processes and infrastructure that support new ways of working."

Sustaining and spreading self-management support: lessons from Co-creating Health phase 2
Health Foundation
September 2013

Read more here.

Monday, 28 January 2013

Care management programs to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions


"Three case studies illustrate the potential of care management programs to address this problem by improving care coordination and transitions among high-risk patients."

Gaining ground: care management programs to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions among chronically ill and vulnerable patients
D McCarthy, A Cohen, M Bihrle Johnson
The Commonwealth Fund
January 2013

Read more here.