TY - BOOK
T1 - Follow-up Analysis Report of the Sonic WellNet Integrated Care Program
AU - John, James R.
AU - Tannous, Kathy
AU - Ghassempour, Shima
AU - Atlantis, Evan
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Over the last few decades, advances in public health policies and evidence-based medical treatments have contributed to increased life expectancy. Individuals with multimorbidity, as they aged have experienced an increase in hospital admissions, greater heath care expenditure and polypharmacy (10). This has resulted in higher reported psychological distress and poor health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). In addition, chronic disease sufferers tend to receive fragmented care that is poorly coordinated and considerably less efficacious. Sonic Clinical Services (SCS) initiated the WellNet chronic disease management program in 2016. WellNet is built on the principles of Patient Centred Medical Home (PCMH): a model of primary care that provides comprehensive, coordinated care, and with a commitment to improving patients’ safety and quality of care, as well as encouraging greater self-management of their chronic condition(s). This program is designed to provide optimal care for patients with complex comorbid conditions, that is evidence-based, and outcomes focused, through individually tailored healthcare interventions. Western Sydney University and the Health Market Quality Program of the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre are evaluating the WellNet program in partnership with SCS. This phase one of the evaluation assesses changes in clinical outcomes, risk of hospitalisation, patient activation measures, other disease-specific risk assessments and health-related quality of life in the first twelve months of the program. In addition, patients’ and general practitioners’ (GPs) attitudes and experience with the program is also measured through the use of surveys. Furthermore, clinical data was obtained on like patients that are not in the WellNet program for comparison. Assessments were made for the WellNet program participants at their completion and at their withdrawal from the program and compared to their baseline. In addition, evaluation of the WellNet participants with a comparison group was made using data at baseline and at nine to fifteen months (twelve months plus or minus 3 months) follow-up.
AB - Over the last few decades, advances in public health policies and evidence-based medical treatments have contributed to increased life expectancy. Individuals with multimorbidity, as they aged have experienced an increase in hospital admissions, greater heath care expenditure and polypharmacy (10). This has resulted in higher reported psychological distress and poor health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). In addition, chronic disease sufferers tend to receive fragmented care that is poorly coordinated and considerably less efficacious. Sonic Clinical Services (SCS) initiated the WellNet chronic disease management program in 2016. WellNet is built on the principles of Patient Centred Medical Home (PCMH): a model of primary care that provides comprehensive, coordinated care, and with a commitment to improving patients’ safety and quality of care, as well as encouraging greater self-management of their chronic condition(s). This program is designed to provide optimal care for patients with complex comorbid conditions, that is evidence-based, and outcomes focused, through individually tailored healthcare interventions. Western Sydney University and the Health Market Quality Program of the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre are evaluating the WellNet program in partnership with SCS. This phase one of the evaluation assesses changes in clinical outcomes, risk of hospitalisation, patient activation measures, other disease-specific risk assessments and health-related quality of life in the first twelve months of the program. In addition, patients’ and general practitioners’ (GPs) attitudes and experience with the program is also measured through the use of surveys. Furthermore, clinical data was obtained on like patients that are not in the WellNet program for comparison. Assessments were made for the WellNet program participants at their completion and at their withdrawal from the program and compared to their baseline. In addition, evaluation of the WellNet participants with a comparison group was made using data at baseline and at nine to fifteen months (twelve months plus or minus 3 months) follow-up.
KW - chronic diseases
KW - treatment
KW - medical care
KW - evaluation
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:55049
M3 - Research report
BT - Follow-up Analysis Report of the Sonic WellNet Integrated Care Program
PB - Western Sydney University
CY - Penrith, N.S.W.
ER -