Compiled by the HHS Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chronic Conditions
Diana Gosálvez Prados
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In December 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the document, Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Strategic Framework (HHS MCC Strategic Framework), to guide the HHS in coordinating its efforts internally and collaborating with stakeholders externally in improving the health status of individuals with multiple chronic conditions (MCC).
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inventory of Programs, Activities and Initiatives Focused on Improving the Health of Individuals with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC). Compiled by the HHS Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chronic Conditions under the direction of Anand Parekh, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Science and Medicine), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. September 2011. Available at: http://www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/mcc/mcc-inventory-20111018.pdf
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An important aim for this framework has been to help catalyze major change in addressing chronic illnesses in the United States — from a focus on individual chronic diseases to one that uses a MCC approach.
Parekh A.
Norte América
