Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum: Chronic Care Standards
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11
Jan
2009
The Quality Forum is committed to improving the quality of health and health care for everyone in Louisiana, whether they have private insurance, government insurance or no insurance at all. The Forum, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a private, nonprofit organization formed as part of the post-Katrina effort to rebuild the health care system in hurricane-affected areas of the state. The forum focuses on short-term recovery and long-term system redesign. A 13-person volunteer board sets priorities for evidence-based, collaborative initiatives to improve the health of the people of Louisiana. The recognition that things need to be done differently than in the past has provided additional impetus for stakeholders to come together, and the Forum has enjoyed broad provider participation and support. Current Forum priorities include measuring quality, adopting patient-centered medical homes, leveraging health information technology, and improving consumer access to health information
- Goals Prevention:
- Funding for detection programs , Promotes adecuate understanding levels on the community about the importance of prevention
- Goals Detection:
- Promotes early intervention through primary health care measures
- Goals Treatment:
- Promotes electronic health information systems to improve the quality of care , Emphasizes the care of pluri-pathological and fragile patients , It facilitates the management by processes , Ensures the best quality of health services , Improving access to health services across the entire spectrum, from prevention to treatment , Provides support health policies to facilitate the planning and integration at locally and regionally , Strengthens cooperative local groups to provide integral services
- Goals self-management:
- Allows home care , Allows remote support to patients and their carers from health professionals , Improving support services with an emphasis on peer support, the disabled and carers , Promotes patient involvement in planning services , Refocuses the health system to support self-management
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11/01/2009
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Louisiana
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
304 Laurel Street Suite 2D Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801
