Patient receipt of recommended preventive and chronic disease care is
suboptimal, partly because of poorly organized clinical information and
time-limited and sporadic appointments with medical providers. To
overcome these problems, we provide a Health Promotion Outreach System
(HPOS) based on electronic data queries, active patient-centered
outreach, and minimizing patient barriers to adherence. HPOS has many
advantages over traditional preventive care delivery systems and chronic
disease management programs, and helps promote the type of clinical
practice change contemplated by the chronic care model.