Shared medical appointments based on the chronic care model: A quality improvement project to address the challenges of patients with diabetes with high cardiovascular risk

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Kirsh, Susan ^a,b   Watts, Sharon ^a   Pascuzzi, Kristina ^a   O'Day, Mary Ellen ^a   Davidson, David ^a   Strauss, Gerald ^b   Kern, Elizabeth O ^b   Aron, David C ^b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348945833     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.019158     Document Type: Article

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