Once again I have hoisted this from that other place. (Thanks to...

Once again I have hoisted this from that other place. (Thanks to Dr Daz)


Hi All,
Yet another example of Quantiferon saving users money!

Dr_Dazmo

California HealthCare Foundation Announces LEAP Award Winners
Projects range from treating latent TB infection to reducing specialty care wait times
October 02, 2008

The California HealthCare Foundation announced today it has selected five recipients for the LEAP Award (Leveraging Excellence, Advancing Practice), which recognizes the spread of model practices in California's health care delivery system and promotes innovative ways to address the growing needs of the state's underserved populations. The organizations will each receive $25,000.

A summary of the projects follows. More in depth profiles will be published at www.chcf.org in October.

Tuberculosis Screening and Treatment (Community Health Clinic Ole)
Clinic Ole developed an integrated program for addressing tuberculosis infection that features early adoption of the Quantiferon-Gold blood test to detect infection as well as a group visit for Spanish-speaking patients with latent tuberculosis infection. As a result, patient compliance and satisfaction have increased and the clinic has shown significant cost savings.


http://www.chcf.org/press/view.cfm?itemID=133769&printFormat=true