Table 1.

Essential Elements of the Chronic Care Model (CCM) Applied to Preparing Patients and Family Caregivers in Lung Surgery

CCM Essential Elements	Intervention Content
1. Systems that promote safe, high quality surgical care	Supporting patients and family units by providing quality information before and after lung surgery that is preparatory, patient-centered, and cost-effective.
2. Effective, efficient clinical care that includes patient and family self-management support	Provide self-management information to enhance patient and family caregiver self-efficacy in preparing for lung surgery and recovery.
3. Evidence-based, patient- and family-centered care	Incorporate teaching and counseling content that is culturally appropriate, evidence-based, and personalized to patient and family’s individual needs.
4. Efficient and effective care through organized data	Design and develop efficient and effective methods of intervention implementation by integrating technology with traditional print/written materials (video-assisted, wed-based, etc).
5. Care that empowers and prepares patients and families to manage their health	Integrate evidence-based self-management strategies to empower and prepare patients and families before and after surgery.
6. Inclusion of community resources	Identify and provide patients and families with community resources that are culturally appropriate, and include these resources as an essential element of the intervention content.