Chad Boult presented Guided Care at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany on October 18, 2009; read article for details. Kaiser Family Foundation September 2009 White Paper "Strategies for Reining in Medicare Spending Through Delivery System Reform" cites Guided Care, stating "Some evidence from a small pilot test of the Guided Care model developed by Chad Boult, which may serve as a model for the medical home, suggests that such models could be effective in reducing hospitalizations and Medicare expenditures." "The Guided Care model...has great promise for medical homes." Article published in Geriatric Nursing titled "Expanding the Gerontological Nursing Role in Guided Care" (see citation). Guided Care featured in The New England Journal of Medicine's Sept 30, 2009 Perspective "Follow the Money - Controlling Expenditures by Improving Care for Patients Needing Costly Services" by Tom Bodenheimer and Rachel Berry-Millett. Article published in The Gerontologist August 2009 titled "Effects of Guided Care on Family Caregivers." Healthcare Financial Management Association's Leadership E-Newsletter featured an article on Guided Care. The John A. Hartford Foundation blog posting on Sept 16, 2009, "Connecting Patients to Policymakers" is on Guided Care and patient experiences. Guided Care wins the 2009 Medical Economics Award for Innovation in Practice Improvement cosponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Medical Economics magazine. Chad Boult will receive the award during the Conference on Practice Improvement on November 7 in Kansas City. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awards additional funds to Johns Hopkins to evaluate continued savings of Guided Care. For details, see press release. Chad Boult presented Guided Care during the AHRQ Annual Conference on Sept 14, 2009. Chad Boult audio interview on Medicare reform by the Magazine of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Advance for Nurses August 2009 E-Newsletter included an article titled "Guided Care Reduces Costs of Healthcare for Older Patients, Study Shows." The National Health Policy Forum hosts Guided Care Site Visits, details and an article are available. Cost savings data published in the American Journal of Managed Care (Leff B et al, 2009). In the first 8 months of a randomized controlled trial, Guided Care patients spent less time in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities and had fewer emergency room visits and home health episodes, leading to a 11% reduction in net costs. See press release for details. Advance for Nurses July 29, 2009 Newsletter featured an article on Guided Care and a sidebar on becoming a Guided Care Nurse. American Medical News July 2, 2009 edition included an article on Guided Care. The Baltimore Sun Commentary "Healthy Savings" refered to Guided Care on June 16, 2009. Commissioned Paper for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences 2008 Report "Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce." Chad Boult led the team that wrote "Successful Models of Comprehensive Health Care for Multi-Morbid Older Persons: A Review of Effects on Health and Health Care." The National Gerontological Nursing Association endorsed the new online Guided Care Nursing course developed by the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing. The Case Management Society of America's Magazine Case in Point features Guided Care in an article titled "Health and Performance Improvement" in its June/July 2009 issue. The John A. Hartford Foundation's blog posting on April 1, 2009 is titled "Guided Care Featured." New York Times 'The New Old Age Caring and Coping' blog March 31, 2009 Care Coordination: Too Expensive for Medicare? featured Guided Care and Guided Care nurse Cecilia Daub. Guided Care book is available from Springer Publishing. "Guided Care: A New Nurse-Physician Partnership in Chronic Care" provides physicians, nurses, administrators, and leaders of health care organizations with step-by-step guidance to adopt Guided Care plus many tools and resources. The book is coauthored by Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, Jean Giddens, PhD, RN, Katherine Frey, MPH, Lisa Reider, MHS, and Tracy Novak, MHS. For more information or to order, click here or call Springer's customer service at 877-687-7476. Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, quoted in the New York Times about the need for new models of health care for older adults. See articles, New Model of Care is Needed, Experts Say and 'Cookbook Medicine' Won't Do for Elderly.  Guided Care has received the 2008 Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation from the Archstone Foundation and the Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, accepted the award on October 27 at the 136th Annual APHA meeting in San Diego. Click here for the press release about the award.
Johns Hopkins Magazine November 2008 Search for an Rx by Michael Anft. Healthcare Intelligence Network's Health Sounds October 23, 2008 Podcast featuring Chad Boult describing Guided Care. The podcast is titled Managing Comorbidities in Disease Management. Capitation Rates & Data, October 2008
Guided Care Plan Reduces Costs for Chronically Ill Seniors Edited by Marie Powers. Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, has been named the recipient of the 2008 UCLA David H. Solomon Award. This award is given annually to recognize an influential leader in the field of geriatrics. Dr. Boult's research includes Guided Care, a novel, multidisciplinary model of primary care for people with multiple chronic conditions. Click here for the press release about the award. $1.7 Million Grant Received to Assist Practices in the Medicare Medical Home Demo. The Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health received a $1.7 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to help medical practices qualify for and participate in CMS's three-year Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project. The Lipitz Center will offer health care providers information, education, and technical support based on the Hopkins-developed Guided Care model. Click here for the press release. New Data Available on Early Effects of Guided Care on the Quality of Health Care published in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. Click here for the reference and link to the article. The Magazine of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Fall 2007
Fix This Mess By Mary Beth Regan; Illustrations by Dung Hoang. Baltimore Magazine listed Chad Boult among the top doctors in geriatric medicine, November 2007. CBS News Radio Correspondent Barry Bagnato featured Guided Care in his "Autumn in America" series that aired in Sept 2007. KNPR State of Nevada interviewed Chad Boult about Guided Care on August 31, 2007. AARP's Prime Time Radio Program interview with Chad Boult. Click here to link to the interview - See "Guided Care" on Aug 21, 2007. [RealPlayer technology is needed. If your computer doesn't have it, click here for free installation and easy directions.] MarketWatch by Dow Jones, August 2, 2007
Caregiving at a Crossroads: Boomer Caregivers Drive Push for More Integrated Support Services
By Kristen Gerencher. AARP Retirement Living Video clip: The Guided Care Solution
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The New Yorker, April 30, 2007
Annals of Medicine: The Way We Age Now
By Atul Gawande. The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2007
The Elderly Population Booms, but Care Doesn’t Keep Pace By Jim Winston. The Magazine of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Spring 2007
A New Age for Old Age By Jim Duffy. | 
