The New Health Care Environment

Today, chronic diseases are the biggest threats to health worldwide. In this new health care environment, broader application of evidence-based care standards in medical care, chronic care improvement, patient-centered care, and behavior change, is the best hope for promoting consumer health, independence and wise use of health care resources—and the pathway to career success for all health care professionals.

Both the Institute of Medicine and the World Health Organization recognize chronic care as a new model of care that requires a new set of interdisciplinary professional competencies. Experts agree that few health care professionals are adequately prepared for their new roles on the interdisciplinary team.

New Career Opportunities

As health care costs reach unsustainable levels in the US and abroad, government and employer purchasers of care are aggressively implementing new strategies to rebalance acute-care oriented, fragmented health care systems. In the US, provider performance reporting and profiling, pay for performance, and new health and chronic care improvement approaches such as the medical home model are reshaping health care. Career opportunities will grow for prepared health care professionals in employer and government, health system, hospital, health plan, community, and physician practice settings. CCP certification is recognized as the core curriculum for the 21st century health care workforce.

A Nationally Recognized Certification Program

Chronic Care Professional (CCP) certification is the only nationally recognized population health improvement, chronic care improvement and patient-centered care professional development and certification program. CCP certification is offered jointly by HealthSciences Institute and DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance—in collaboration with other partner associations and organizations.

The CCP program has been approved for continuing education hours for nurses, physicians and pharmacists. Today, CCP certification is now required or recommended for professionals by leading health care employers in the US and abroad—and the choice of more and more health care professionals. Learn more.