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- Chronic Diseases - American Medical Association
Chronic diseases are long-term health conditions that can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life
- Controlling chronic disease corrals costs and improves outcomes
If one were to design a health care program that improves patient outcomes, saves money and has high satisfaction ratings from both patients and physicians, it would probably look a lot like Ochsner Health’s Hypertension Digital Medicine service The digitally enabled chronic disease-management
- Improving your ICD-10 Diagnosis Coding - American Medical Association
Acute vs Persistent vs Recurrent vs Chronic Review the guidelines for how the terms acute, persistent, recurrent, and chronic are defined for various diagnoses The guidelines define how many episodes within a period of time constitute acute, persistent, recurrent, and chronic
- How these health systems are transforming chronic disease care
Physicians and health systems across the country continue to face the growing challenge of preventing and managing chronic diseases This intensifies the need to create innovative approaches to care With conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and hypertension on the rise, health systems and the physicians who deliver care are navigating the changing terrain to address these complex
- CPT E M Office Revisions | AMA
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- What doctors wish patients knew about managing psoriasis
Psoriasis is common “Psoriasis is a very common chronic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the skin, but it can affect other organ systems as well,” Dr Fernandez said, noting “it affects about 2% to 3% of the world’s population ” “The most common manifestation of psoriasis is a rash that patients will have,” he said
- Seattle clinic follows biopsychosocial model for patients with chronic . . .
Chronic pain is painful—that is obvious But an approach to chronic pain that focuses on relief and management can often be more beneficial for patients than attempting to “cure” a patient’s complex underlying pain condition In Seattle, Steven Stanos, DO, and his team have developed a rehabilitation-based program within their established traditional pain clinic that focuses on a three
- What doctors wish patients knew about bronchitis
Bronchitis inflames airways, causing cough and fatigue Jonathan Stoever, MD, pulmonologist at Confluence Health, explains its symptoms and care
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