3. Implementing the Chronic Care Model into Practice Toolkit for Implementing the Chronic Care Model in an Academic Environment The Chronic Care Model is designed to move medical practice from an acute care delivery system to one more appropriate for the patient with a chronic illness.What follows are examples of how the sites in the Academic Chronic Care Collaborative implemented planned visit models and new clinical information systems that served this purpose.Links:Delivery System DesignClinical Information Systems Current as of January 2008 Internet Citation: 3. Implementing the Chronic Care Model into Practice: Toolkit for Implementing the Chronic Care Model in an Academic Environment. January 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/chroniccaremodel/chroniccare3.html