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• More Patient-Aligned Care Team Components Translates to Improved Quality of Care for Veterans with Chronic Disease
  This study examined whether the extent to which clinics had implemented PACT components was associated with improvements in the quality of care for Veterans with chronic conditions over a four year period. Findings showed that over four years concurrent with PACT implementation, primary care clinics with the most PACT components in place had greater improvements in 5 of 7 chronic disease intermedi...
  
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• Visit the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
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• Learn more about VA mobile apps designed to help manage several chronic diseases common among Veterans.