How Value-Based Care Can Transform Health Care for Older Adults

How value-based care can transform health care for older adults

In a commentary published in Becker’s Hospital Review, Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, and Ramin Davidoff, MD, co-CEOs of The Permanente Federation, explain why value-based care provides a blueprint for ensuring our health care system can deliver high-quality care to the growing population of older adults. Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, and Ramin Davidoff, MD “Older patients … with multiple health conditions underscore the challenge of delivering compassionate…

Community-Based Intelligent Blood Glucose Management for Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Based on the Health Belief Model: Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: The number of older patients with type 2 diabetes has been on the rise, and effective self-management is key to controlling disease progression and its complications. Objective: A home telemedicine intervention combining telemedicine and health education based on the Health Belief Model was designed, and the effectiveness on self-management in older patients with type 2 diabetes was evaluated. Methods: A randomized controlled trial i…