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The Journal of Healthcare Management is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering management in healthcare. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American College of Healthcare Executives. [1] Each issue prints an interview with a leading healthcare executive.
Chronic care models such as the delivery of chronic disease management programs may be effective for patients with long-term chronic conditions. For patients with asthma, having a coordinated program involving multiple health care professionals can make improvements in aspects such as patients perceived quality of life, lung functioning and the ...
The Guided Care model was first tested in a pilot study in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area during 2003–2004. Patients who received Guided Care rated their quality of care significantly more highly than patients who received usual care, [3] and the average insurance costs for Guided Care patients were 23 percent lower over a six-month period.
However, despite studies demonstrating caregivers' daily and positive contributions to patients' self-care, and their ability to offer perceptions, insights, and concerns, health care providers are not meaningfully engaging caregivers during the decision-making process for chronic care management. [39]
Personal support worker (PSW) is the title for a similar type of health worker in Canada. Personal support work is unique among health care professions in that the scope of a PSW's duties does not extend beyond what the client could do him/herself if the client were physically and cognitively able. [ 20 ]
The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal dedicated to presenting solely the patient's perspective. The journal was published by Adis in collaboration with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The first issue of the journal was ...
The generic model used in the United States is the chronic care model, which holds that health care does not only involve change in the patient and that high-quality disease care counts the community, the health system, self-management support, delivery system design, decision support, and clinical information systems as important elements in ...
In the beginning, Healthwise offered printed decision-support and self-care materials for patients. It also publishes the Healthwise Handbook, a handbook with plain-language information and prevention tips on 190 common health problems, which is periodically updated and contains physician-approved guidelines on if and when to call a doctor for the problems it covers.