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   Da Hee Han, PharmD    
   March 18, 2015    
      
      
   Study: Current Healthcare Models Ineffective for Chronic Disease Management    
      
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   An article published in The American Journal of Medicine has identified four   
   factors that may negatively impact the delivery of chronic disease care in the   
   U.S. and proposed changes to the model for improving treatment to the   
   estimated 48% of the total    
   population that will suffer from chronic disease by 2020.    
      
   In the article, researchers examine how current healthcare delivery models are   
   not effectively managing chronic disease, and what modifications can be made   
   to address this. Richard v. Milani, MD, from the Ochsner Clinical School -   
   University of    
   Queensland School of Medicine, and colleagues, identified four factors that   
   negatively affect the delivery of chronic disease management in the United   
   States:    
      
   Physician time demands    
   Rapidly expanding medical database    
   Therapeutic inertia    
   Lack of supporting infrastructure    
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   The study authors propose specialized integrated practice units (IPUs) that   
   include non-physician personnel such as pharmacists, advanced practice   
   clinicians, nurses, health educators, dietitians, social workers, counselors,   
   and therapists that all    
   center around the patient's medical condition. Other disease management   
   strategies utilizing social networks may also provide sustainable and   
   cost-effective solutions for patients with chronic diseases; such network   
   influences have had a positive impact    
   on behaviors associated with smoking, diet, exercise, depression, drug   
   adherence, and obesity. Team-based models can offer a more comprehensive   
   patient treatment using a focused-factory approach by incorporating the latest   
   technology to engage patients,    
   Dr. Milani concluded.    
      
   For more information visit ElsevierHealth.com.    
      
      
   Image courtesy of The American Journal of Medicine.    
      
      
      
   http://www.empr.com/study-current-healthcare-models-ineffective-   
   or-chronic-disease-management/article/404265/ I   
      
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