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Around 90 percent of the care a person needs to manage a chronic disease must come directly from the patient. Evidence is growing that self-management interventions, such as self-monitoring and decision making, lead not only to improvements in health outcomes and health status, but also to increased patient satisfaction and reductions in hospital and emergency room costs.
Team Up for Health: Supporting Patients for Better Chronic Care
October 2009
This $2.37-million, three-year initiative will help providers implement proven approaches to support patients managing chronic conditions and partner with self-care resources outside the medical system.
Participatory Health: Online and Mobile Tools Help Chronically Ill Manage Their Care
September 2009
This publication focuses on the development of online and mobile applications that can help individuals remotely manage their chronic conditions.
Self-Management Support Training Materials
September 2009
A number of leaders in patient self-management support have created training materials for clinicians and other providers. Tom Bodenheimer of the University of California, San Francisco Center for Excellence in Primary Care identified some effective materials in various formats.
Gaps in the System: Californians Struggle with Caring for Their Chronic Conditions
August 2009
This snapshot provides highlights from a survey among adults in California ages 18 and older with chronic conditions.
Sharing the Care: The Role of Family in Chronic Illness
August 2009
Patients with chronic illness can benefit when their family members support them in managing their care. This report provides information and resources for enhancing family involvement.
Expanding Performance Measurement to Include Patients' Experience of Self-Management Support
July 2009
Self-management support plays a key role in chronic disease management. This study correlated patient experience of provider self-management support with process and clinical outcome measures.
DiabetesMine Design Challenge
May 2009
This annual contest awards $10,000 to the individual or company with the best new design for creative tools that will improve life with for those with diabetes.
Safety-Net Providers Bring Patients Online: Lessons from Early Adopters
April 2009
Online tools such as electronic health record (EHR) portals and personal health records (PHRs) are being offered to patients by some enterprising safety-net providers. A new report looks at four organizations that are making these valuable resources available.
Coleman Care Transitions Intervention
March 2009
To improve patient transitions from one care setting to another, CHCF funded the implementation of the Coleman Care Transitions Intervention in ten California communities. Read the project's final report.
Navigating Care Transitions in California: Two Models for Change
September 2008
This issue brief looks at two models for improving care transitions, or the moving of patients from one health care practitioner or setting to another as their condition and care needs change.
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