Chronic Care and Quality

Expert Presentations

Audioconferences

Transparency in Health Care
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcastoct07.htm#I

Provider Incentives to Improve Accountability
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcastoct07.htm#II

Reducing Disparities and Improving Quality in Health Care
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/oct2006webcasts.htm#reducing

Meeting Powerpoints

Where are we in Health Care: Prevention, Cost, Quality and Efficiency
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/CHAP/chap_meeting07.htm#Tuckson

The Chronic Care Model, Katie Coleman
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/CHAP/chap_meeting07.htm#Coleman

Integrating Treatment of Chronic Diseases and Mental Health Conditions, Barbara Edwards, Health Management Associates
http://www.ncsl.org/print/health/forum/edwards1206.pdf

Integrating Services and Supports for Primary Care and Behavioral Health, Liz Reardon, Managed Care Director, Office of VT Health Access
http://www.ncsl.org/print/health/forum/reardon1206.pdf

Critical Health Topics: Lessons from Tennessee
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/annualmeet06.htm

Research Channel's Chronic Care Model
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=3877

NCSL resources

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/chronic-new.htm

Chronic Disease and Health Costs: A Snapshot for State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/summaries/0166603-sum.htm

Non-NCSL resources

RWJ, Improving Chronic Illness Care – The Chronic Care Model
http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=About_ICIC_&amp;_Our_Work&amp;s=6

Irene M. Wielawski, “Improving Chronic Illness Care,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006
http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/books/2007/AnthologyX_CH03.pdf

Chronic and Quality resources
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/chapsdec05.htm#quality

Related organizations

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides information on quality safety, effectiveness, efficiency and evidence-based practice in healthcare.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides information on chronic disease prevention and health promotion including information on costs prevalence and surveillance.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/

Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is a policy resource for information for improving the quality and effectiveness of health care for low income people and those with chronic illnesses and disabilities. http://www.chcs.org/

Partnership for Prevention is an initiative that focuses on improving the care and quality of life for those with chronic condition.
http://www.prevent.org/

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports efforts to improve the quality of care that Americans with chronic illness receive. Their work includes supporting quality improvement strategies as well as reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care.
http://www.rwjf.org/pr/os.jsp?topicid=1053

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