Improving Heart Failure Patients' Ability to Self-Manage
January 14, 2010 | Story
Washington Hospital Center staff developed a series of videos on heart failure called, "Finding Balance."
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Paying for Prevention
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
While pay for performance (P4P) incentives have traditionally been aimed at rewarding preventive service delivery in primary care practices, this observational study looked at the association of P4P and behavioral patient counseling offered for smok ...
Race/Ethnicity and Patient Confidence to Self-Manage Cardiovascular Disease
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examines associations between race/ethnicity and other characteristics that determine confidence levels related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) self management. Minority cardiac patients have lower levels of confidence in their ability to self-manage CVD than white patients.
Can Health Care Quality Improve and Cost Decrease? Pilot Project in Atlantic City May Show the Way
October 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
Mercer Human Resource Consulting joined with a local union and a health system in Atlantic City, N.J., to pilot test a new primary care delivery model called the Ambulatory-Intensive Caring Unit.
Which "Corrective Statements" are Most Effective in Motivating Smokers to Quit?
May 28, 2009 | Program Result Report
In anticipation of receiving $10 billion to administer a national smoking cessation program pursuant to a court-approved settlement with tobacco companies, officials at the CDC Foundation began to develop a business plan.
Prescription for Health Evaluation
June 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Prescription for Health was an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Under this initiative, primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs)—groups of ambul ...
Transforming Primary Care
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Care Plus is an alternative structure of the medical home model that would improve health and lower costs, particularly for the frail elderly population.
Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities
June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities was designed to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.
Survey Assesses Strengths and Weakness of Service Agencies for the Elderly
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 2000, the National Council on the Aging conducted a survey among community service organizations concerning their health and social support programs for older adults.
Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
October 25, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Self-Determination for People with Developmental Disabilities Program was a national program to help 18 states implement a more cost-effective system for serving persons with developmental disabilities.