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The implementation of Chronic Care Model requires a well informed patient, which means a good patient-physician communication. I find very important to check if the patient really understands his disease anf if he has a good comprehension of my suggestions and directions. The greatest problem is that there isn't a good communication without a very good patient-physician relation. For instance, in my experience, standardi...
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Both these studies…Hroscikoski et al. and Solberg et al…. add significantly to the understanding of the barriers and frustrations of implementing the Chronic Care Model (CCM). There is an air of disappointment in their papers... that the CCM did not incite revolution of care processes, that the clinical outcomes were not more robust and that the physicians did not embrace the CCM more amorously. Our five- year experie...
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This issue contains complementary quantitative and qualitative papers on a recent attempt to apply the Chronic Care Model (CCM) in primary care clinics affiliated with a large multi-specialty group.1,2 The quantitative paper examines associations between CCM implementation ratings in 17 clinics and standard measures of care quality for diabetes, CHD, and depression.1 The qualitative paper presents a concise narrative of...
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