|
What Works In Chronic Care Management: The Case Of Heart Failure
Julie Sochalski,
Tiny Jaarsma,
Harlan M. Krumholz,
Ann Laramee,
John J.V. McMurray,
Mary D. Naylor,
Michael W. Rich,
Barbara Riegel and
Simon Stewart
The evidence base of what works in chronic care management programs is underdeveloped. To fill the gap, we pooled and reanalyzed data from ten randomized clinical trials of heart failure care management programs to discern how program delivery methods contribute to patient outcomes. We found that patients enrolled in programs using multi-disciplinary teams and in programs using in-person communication had significantly fewer hospital readmissions and readmission days than routine care patients had. Our study offers policymakers and health plan administrators important guideposts for developing an evidence base on which to build effective policy and programmatic initiatives for chronic care management.
       What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
J. J.V. McMurray
Systolic Heart Failure
N. Engl. J. Med.,
January 21, 2010;
362(3):
228 - 238.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Bhalla and G. Kalkut
Could Medicare Readmission Policy Exacerbate Health Care System Inequity?
Ann Intern Med,
January 19, 2010;
152(2):
114 - 117.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. J. Carrington, S. Stewart, and on behalf of the NIL-CHF Study Investigators
Bridging the gap in heart failure prevention: rationale and design of the Nurse-led Intervention for Less Chronic Heart Failure (NIL-CHF) Study
Eur J Heart Fail,
January 1, 2010;
12(1):
82 - 88.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Z. Ayanian
The Elusive Quest for Quality and Cost Savings in the Medicare Program
JAMA,
February 11, 2009;
301(6):
668 - 670.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
