Guided care : a new nurse-physician partnership in chronic care / Chad Boult ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boult, Chad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronically ill--Care.

Chronically ill.

Geriatric health care teams.

Geriatric nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Guided Care is an exciting new model used to provide medical and nursing care to clients with chronic conditions. This model works by (1) providing the services of a Guided Care Nurse, as the point of service, within a primary care physician's office, or within a pool of primary care physician's offices, and (2) providing for the certification of the Guided Care nurse. This book provides physicians, nurses, administrators, and leaders of health care organizations with practical, step-by-step guidance for adopting Guided Care Nursing to transform typical primary care practices into ""medical home

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Challenge-Improving Chronic Care; 2 Guided Care; 3 Is Your Practice Ready to Adopt Guided Care?; 4 First Things First-Preparing to Implement Guided Care; 5 The Starting Line-Putting Guided Care Into Practice; 6 Getting Results With Guided Care-Managing the Model; 7 Balancing the Budget and Obtaining Technical Assistance; Appendices; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-01247-9

9786612012471

0-8261-4412-8

OCLC:

437109629