A Summary of the December 2009 Forum on the Future of Nursing Care in the Community (2010) / Chapter Skim
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The committee's final recommendations will be presented in a report on the capacity of the nursing workforce to meet the demands of a reformed health care system. Each of the three forums was planned with the guidance of a small group of committee members; the planning group for this forum was led by Ms.
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During the site visits they had the opportunity to talk with nurses, administrators, other health care providers, and patients about some of the challenges and innovative strategies that nurses are using in these settings to provide quality care in the community and expand ac
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When Rendell became governor of Pennsylvania in 2003, "there was no chance for comprehensive national health care reform and no guarantee that it would happen in the next decade." The state stepped into the breech by launching a comprehensive reform program called Prescription for Pennsylvania, which Rendell
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Since Prescription for Pennsylvania moved forward, 41 retail clinics, employing 200 nurse practitioners, have opened up in Pennsylvania; these facilities are open seven days a week and have saved an estimated 150,000 emergency room visits, said Rendell. To make affordable health care available to all children, Pennsylvania has expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
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The state also has reformed its approach to chronic care, which accounts for 80 percent of all health care costs in hospitalizations, 76 percent of all physician visits, and 91 percent of all filled prescriptions. In examining initiatives in other states, Pennsylvania found evidence of effectiveness in the Chronic Care Model that was developed by Edward Wagner, director of the Washington State McColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation.
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