O21 Initial Evaluation of Louisiana's “Small Changes/Healthy Habits” Pilot Program

Resident outcomes in small-house nursing homes: a longitudinal evaluation of the initial green house program.

OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of a small-house nursing home model, THE GREEN HOUSE (GH), on residents' reported outcomes and quality of care. DESIGN Two-year longitudinal quasi-experimental study comparing GH residents with residents at two comparison sites using data collected at baseline and three follow-up intervals. SETTING Four 10-person GHs, the sponsoring nursing home for those...

A pilot program in telepsychiatry for residents: initial outcomes and program development.

Bio ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS • Associate Professor Med Center Line, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS • Director of Outpatient Mental Health, VA Palo Alto HCS, (2008present) Research & Scholarship CURRENT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS My scholarly, clinical, and teaching activities apply interdisciplinary training in neuroscience/pharmacology and medicine/psychiatry...

Initial evaluation of the Peer-to-Peer program.

OBJECTIVE Peer-to-Peer, sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is a structured, experiential, self-empowerment, relapse prevention and wellness program led by trained peer mentors for people with mental illnesses. The authors conducted the first empirical evaluation of the program by using a pre-post survey design. METHODS Approximately 550 participants who were enrolled...

Study of U.S. physician-pilot flying habits.

Evaluation of Medicare Health Support Chronic Disease Pilot Program

The Medicare Program is conducting a randomized trial of care management services among fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries called the Medicare Health Support (MHS) pilot program. Eight disease management (DM) companies have contracted with CMS to improve clinical quality, increase beneficiary and provider satisfaction, and achieve targeted savings for chronically ill Medicare FFS beneficiaries...