Study: Care Guides With Little Training Help Patients Meet Goals

Care guides who receive only brief training helped patients with a chronic disease meet their care goals, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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More than 2,000 patients with hypertension, diabetes or heart failure at six Minnesota primary care clinics worked toward standard care goals for one year between July 2010 and April 2012.

Read the full story on lay care guides in Becker’s Hospital Review.

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