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A workshop on asthma management programs and centers in Brazil: reviewing and explaining concepts [PDF]

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015
Objective: To report the results of a workshop regarding asthma management programs and centers (AMPCs) in Brazil, so that they can be used as a tool for the improvement and advancement of current and future AMPCs.
Rafael Stelmach   +38 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Evaluation of and implications for a novel hepatitis C e-consult direct-to-treatment pilot program

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
A Hepatitis C (HCV) e-Consult Direct-To-Treatment (DTT) program managed by midlevel providers was developed at the Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) which provided remote referral and, in some, remote management of HCV.
Neaka Z. Mohtashemi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary Care Physicians' Experience with Disease Management Programs [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of General Internal Medicine, 2001
To examine primary care physicians' perceptions of how disease management programs affect their practices, their relationships with their patients, and overall patient care.Cross-sectional mailed survey.The 13 largest urban counties in California.General internists, general pediatricians, and family physicians.Physicians' self-report of the effects of ...
A, Fernandez   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The role of culturally competent communication in reducing ethnic and racial healthcare disparities. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Promoting culturally competent communication at the provider, care institution, health plan, and national levels is likely to contribute to success in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of high quality care.
Lurie, Nicole, Taylor, Stephanie L
core   +1 more source

BENEFITS OF A CLINICAL PATHWAY IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

open access: yesActa Ortopédica Brasileira
Objective: Demonstrate whether a multiprofessional Clinical Pathway Program in Total Knee Arthroplasty (CPPA) contributesto optimizing hospital care. Method: Retrospective study of medical data of care indicators in 310 patients divided into two groups:
Márcio de Castro Ferreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can Managed Health Care Help Manage Health-Care-Associated Infections?

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
Managed-care organizations have a unique opportunity, still largely unrealized, to collaborate with health-care providers and epidemiologists to prevent health care-associated infections.
Richard Platt, Blake Caldwell
doaj   +1 more source

A Profile of Medicaid Managed Care Programs in 2010: Findings From a 50-State Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Examines types of Medicaid managed care organizations and contracts by state, including managed care organizations and primary care case management programs; issues for measuring, monitoring, and improving quality; and implications of health ...
Dyke Snipes   +3 more
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Has Medicaid Managed Care Affected Beneficiary Access and Use?

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2002
This paper uses data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families to examine the effects of the various forms of mandatory Medicaid managed care on access and use among beneficiaries not receiving Supplemental Security Income or Medicare benefits.
Stephen Zuckerman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insights from a national survey into why substance abuse treatment units add prevention and outreach services

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2006
Background Previous studies have found that even limited prevention-related interventions can affect health behaviors such as substance use and risky sex.
Lemak Christy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overregulation of Health Care: Musings on Disruptive Innovation Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Disruptive innovation theory provides one lens through which to describe how regulations may stifle innovation and increase costs. Basing their discussion on this theory, Curtis and Schulman consider some of the effects that regulatory controls may have ...
Dahlqvist Leinhard, Olof   +6 more
core   +5 more sources

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