One model that is followed in our health care system is the Chronic Care Model (CCM). The CCM is classified into six essential components that encourage high quality management for chronic circumstances. These include; Self-management support, delivery system design, decision support, clinical information systems, organization of health care, and community. All of these aspects of chronic care are woven into providing the best possible care to chronically ill …show more content…
The delivery aspect of care to patients with chronic conditions requires determining what roles and tasks are needed to ensure that the patients receive the best quality of care. This includes keeping up to date with patient information and making follow-up part of the standard practice. With decision support, treatment decision is based on “proven guidelines supported by at least one defining study” (Institute for healthcare improvement). Organization of health care is another important strategy in chronic care. With good organization comes quality improvement. For example, at my geriatric rotation in the spring semester, the long-term care facility I was at was working on changing their patient records from paper to electronic. This is a good example of how quality improvement can facilitate good organization. Lastly, the community can provide programs and organizations that support a health system’s care for chronically ill patients. This is how the health of our population is improved; through powerful alliances and partnerships with state programs, local agencies, schools,