Management Assistance (PRISMA)

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Implementing an evidence-based integration model in France to maintain independence: Project and Research on Integration of Services to Maintain the Autonomy (PRISMA)

Introduction: The fragmentation of the French health and services system has a negative impact on the quality of the services offered because dependant community-dwelling older persons receive services from a mean of three interveners, and 25% of the most dependent ones perceive assistance from at least 6 interveners. In 2006, the Ministry of Health funded an experimentation of implantation of ...

PRISMA Contributions P RISMA, a platform for experiments with parallelism

1 I n t r o d u c t i o n The PRISMA project is a large-scale research effort in the design and implementation of a highly parallel machine for da ta and knowledge processing. It is organized as a nationwide Dutch research a~tivity with combined forces from four universities, a governmental research institute, and Phitips Research Laboratories. It ran from 1986 until end of 1990 and was manned ...

PRISMA: Program of Research to Integrate the Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy. A system-level integration model in Quebec

The Program of Research to Integrate the Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (PRISMA) began in Quebec in 1999. Evaluation results indicated that the PRISMA Project improved the system of care for the frail elderly at no additional cost. In 2001, the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services made implementing the six features of the PRISMA approach a province-wide goal in the programme ...

Effect of case management on services use under the PRISMA coordination model: a nested matched cohort study

Introduction: Under the PRISMA coordination model, all older people benefit from several model components, but only subjects identified with moderate to severe disabilities are eligible for case management. The PRISMA model has proven its effectiveness at the population level. However, for the sub-group with case management, what is its effect on services use? Study: We used data from the PRISM...