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Appendix C Descriptions of Summit Communities
Pages 119-124

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From page 119...
... Its disease management program includes an intensive asthma education program with 8 weeks of training on site in private physicians' offices -- reimbursed by some health plans once the intervention has been completed, followed by ongoing support for asthma management. A complete culture change in health care delivery directed toward patient empowerment and self-management using a multidisciplinary team is emphasized.
From page 120...
... The enhance programs already under way in Bon Secours Richmond Health System, the Philadelphia, such as an asthma call center University of Virginia Health System, and the (Child Asthma Link Line) that links children Central Virginia Asthma Coalition are partners who have presented at local pediatric in this initiative, which includes annual emergency departments with acute asthma assessments of effectiveness, cost, collaborative exacerbations to specialists and other relationships, and feasibility of expansion.
From page 121...
... model. As one of eight Robert Wood Johnson­funded Incentive Grant national sites for linking clinical improvement to economic strategies for DIABETES COMMUNITIES depression care, this demonstration project includes a sustainable business plan that aims to link financial value to the delivery of improved County of Santa Cruz, California clinical outcomes.
From page 122...
... The DOH Diabetes Prevention academic referral center that supports all and Control Program supports this mission by Department of Defense direct health care and improving the health care delivery system, the TRICARE program, covering tertiary care enhancing health communications, and building for 460,000 beneficiaries in Washington, active health communities. Oregon, and Alaska.
From page 123...
... Leaders involved in the MERC consortium meet twice monthly to discuss quality and health improvement initiatives. MERC's current The Oregon Heart Failure Project efforts include a focus on care coordination, The Oregon Heart Failure Project is a statewide with an emphasis on improving patient flow effort aimed at improving the management of across the community's entire health system, heart failure.
From page 124...
... Currently, RHC has 12 patients with congestive heart failure, chronic communitywide initiatives under its umbrella, obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer in including those addressing patient safety, response to KP internal data indicating that communitywide clinical guidelines, and end-of 63 percent of patients in intensive care units and life/palliative care. Communitywide clinical 54 percent of other hospitalized patients with guidelines were developed for asthma, diabetes, these diagnoses died.


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