SEATTLE—Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, knew there had to be a better way. He and Group Health colleagues set out 15 years ago to explore how best to engage patients with chronic diseases in effective care. With ...

The Chronic Care Model [3,4,5] is a well-established organizational framework for chronic care management and practice improvement. There is a significant evidence base to support the effectiveness of ...

Head of Department of General Practice, Chair of Primary Care Research, Deputy Head, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne Jane Gunn receives funding from the National Health and ...

Chronic illness care has evolved into a multi‐faceted approach that integrates healthcare delivery with patient self‐management to address long‐term conditions such as diabetes, depression and ...

Ah, humanity. Having eliminated many causes of acute diseases, we’ve achieved longer lives plagued with chronic ones. Sometimes we pass along genetic defects that predispose our offspring to these ...

Medical assistants trained as health coaches substantially improved patient-reported primary care under the Chronic Care model measured by the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care. Objectives: ...

This study of community health workers as clinical extenders demonstrates significant cost savings in managing chronic conditions among Medicaid beneficiaries. Effective chronic disease management ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially released its final 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, including increased reimbursements for chronic care management (CCM). CMS began ...