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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
- Putting a spotlight on lifestyle medicine to prevent chronic disease
Being active can help prevent chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis or chronic back pain If surgery is needed to treat a musculoskeletal condition, physical activity can also prepare that patient from a prehabilitation standpoint, with the hope that it will make the recovery process easier The six pillars of lifestyle medicine
- Improving Care for Patients with Prolonged Symptoms and Concerns about . . .
This toolkit can help physicians and other health care professionals provide better care for patients with prolonged symptoms and concerns about Lyme disease
- Is consent for chronic care management required regularly?
Debunking the myth The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) does not require physicians, other clinicians, or health care organizations to obtain patient consent for Chronic Care Management (CCM) on a particular regular, recurring schedule Patient consent (verbal or written) is only necessary before the start of CCM services and if the patient changes to a new billing practitioner
- Living with chronic pain, lifespan vs healthspan, and updated dietary . . .
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients Learn more about chronic pain and updated dietary guidelines
- What doctors wish patients knew about atrial fibrillation
Chronic Diseases What doctors wish patients knew about atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AFib) causes your heart to beat faster than it should Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, of University of Iowa Health Care, shares more By Sara Berg, MS News Editor
- 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
- What doctors wish patients knew about myocarditis
Inflammation of the heart sounds scary—and it can be Lauren Weber, MD, a cardiologist at Confluence Health, discusses what to know about myocarditis
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