Agency News and Notes

Innovations show the benefits of using phone-based care management

A recent spotlight on AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange Web Site featured an article on the benefits of using phone-based care management to help reduce medical costs and lead to improved patient care, medication adherence, and patient satisfaction. The featured innovations used a telephone-based approach to deliver care to specific patient populations. There are also quality tools to help clinicians better understand the use of telephone care to manage specific conditions.

To find out more about these phone-based care management and other innovations visit the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site at http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov.

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