Improving Chronic Illness Care

In this study report, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discusses the Chronic Care Model, an attempt to create a collaboration among patients, physicians, nurses, case managers, dieticians, patient educators, families and friends in the care of chronic conditions.

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Prioritizing a preventable epidemic - a primer for the media on noncommunicable diseases

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region presents an overview for the media on the devastating effects of chronic (non-communicable) disease in the world. The report is part of the United Nations High-level Summit on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in September 2011 in New York.

Transforming Community Health Centers into Patient-Centered Medical Homes: The Role of Payment Reform

Commonwealth Fund looks at methods that could utilized to create medical homes within community centers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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Using the Basic Health Program to Make Coverage More Affordable to Low-Income Households: A Promising Approach for Many States

Urban Institute looks at ways in which states can build on existing programs to provide more affordable health coverage to low-income households under the new rules of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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