Nursing Program Shows Promise for Reducing Deaths from Chronic Illnesses

In a newly published study in this month's PLoS Medicine, Kenneth Coburn and colleagues found that community-based care management reduced deaths of geriatric patients suffering from multiple chronic illnesses by 25%. The intervention included individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment and monitoring community health and social service referrals.

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The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp

The intervention included an individualized plan comprising education, symptom monitoring, medication counseling for adherence to treatment, help identifying, arranging, and monitoring community health and social service referrals in addition to group interventions such as weight loss maintenance and exercise classes.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nursing-deaths-chronic-illnesses.html#jCp