PURPOSE Case management (CM) interventions are effective for frequent users of health
care services, but little is known about which intervention characteristics lead to positive …

The authors propose reinvigorating and extending the traditional social history beyond its
narrow range of risk behaviors to enable clinicians to address negative health outcomes …

Background: Case management (CM) is an intervention adapted to the needs of patients
with chronic conditions or complex needs. Factors associated with effectiveness of CM, such …

Design We believe that using “high-risk” patients as a conduit to focus the IP team on
explicit, collaborative, team-based care is a novel way to teach trainees about the roles of …

Background Home visits have been shown to improve quality of care, save money, and
improve outcomes. Primary care physicians are in an ideal position to provide these visits; of …

Continuous increase of elderly patients with multimorbidity and Emergency Department (ED)
overcrowding are great challenges for modern medicine. Traditional hospital organizations …

Introduction Case management (CM) is among the most studied effective models of
integrated care for people with complex needs. The goal of this study is to scale up and …

C ontrary to some misperceptions, primary care is not about dealing with simple diseases. 1
Primary care involves caring for individuals with multiple acute, chronic, preventive, mental …

Methods This was a mixed-methods pilot study utilizing patient self-reported data and open-
ended reflection questions. Participants included adult patients aged more than 18 years …

Reviews (p. 255)—which provides a more uniform definition of, and an explanation of factors
correlating to, frequent attendance (FA). 1 As the authors reported, there is indeed limited …