Model Elements | Evidence in Primary Healthcare Centers | Gaps |
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Self-Management Support | Through Health Education in SEHA’s website and App: - Information about the importance of patients decisions and daily routines that affect their health and specifically according with the disease; - Information available about how to manage the types of Diabetes, Heart and Circulation Diseases, Kidney Diseases and Health Lifestyle | Use effective self-management support strategies that include assessment, goal-setting, action planning, problem-solving and follow-up |
Community | - SEHA is establishing electronic programs and communication channels (interactive when possible). - In 2013, lectures on health and nutrition were delivered for family foundation development schools. | - Encourage patients to participate in effective community programs; - Form partnerships with community organizations to support and develop interventions that fill gaps in needed services; - Advocate for policies to improve patient care |
Health System | - In 2013 SEHA launched the National Hospital Quality Measure; - Provides performance data to the different professions; - Set out procedures that will create shared responsibility for individuals towards their duties. - Provides incentives based on quality of care; - Names and rewards outstanding individual contributors in different categories; - Each SEHA’s hospital have linked Ambulatory Healthcare Services; - SEHA establishes partnerships with healthcare providers to ensure the accessibility (e.g. Jonh Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic) | - Promote effective improvement strategies aimed at comprehensive system change; - Visibly support improvement at all levels of the organization, beginning with the senior leader; |
Delivery System Design | - Care Plans; - Give care that patients understand and that fits with their cultural background | - Define roles and distribute tasks among team members; - Use planned interactions to support evidence-based care; - Provide clinical case management services for complex patients; - Ensure regular follow-up by the care team; |
Decision Support | - In 2013, SEHA launched “Kafu”, consumer care development program to standardize costumer care by adopting the best practice; - Provides useful and specialized data; - SEHA offers interactive tutorials, videos, PDF’s and quizzes about the topics in Health Education; - Integrative teams with specialist expertise in primary care (ex: Dieticians following up diabetes patients in ambulatory centers) | - Embed evidence-based guidelines into daily clinical practice; - Share evidence-based guidelines and information with patients to encourage their participation; |
Clinical Information System | - In case of patients with health disease SEHA facilitates an emergency plan that the patient must know; - The patients information is available in SEHA database and any clinic can see it when its needed; - The PCMH dash board has graphs, charts and spreadsheets about chronic disease patients and doctors performance; | - Identify relevant subpopulations for proactive care; - Provide timely reminders for providers and patients; - Share information with patients and providers to coordinate care; - Monitor performance of practice team and care system. |