Chronic Care Management

What is a chronic disease?

Chronic diseases are those that affect you long-term and typically have no cure. Their symptoms are manageable, so you can live a normal life. 

Chronic disease complications are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Proper management of your condition helps you avoid losing work, high health care costs, and a generally poor quality of life. 

What types of diseases benefit from chronic care management?

Millions of American suffer from one or more of the following chronic diseases:

• Diabetes
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular disease or heart disease
• Depression and anxiety
• Dementia
• Arthritis
• Pain conditions
• Chronic kidney disease
• Obesity
• Hypertension
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Stroke/TIA
• Thyroid disease

The team at Care Rite, PLLC, helps you manage these conditions, so you have fewer symptoms and disabilities. 

Skilled management also helps you to prevent complications. They also coordinate care among specialists, so all of your medical information is in one location.

What does chronic care management involve?

The team at Care Rite, PLLC, customizes your chronic care management plan to your condition(s). The team’s goal is to minimize daily symptoms that affect your overall quality of life. 

If you have a flare-up, like unusually high blood sugar with diabetes or severe joint pain with arthritis, you can make an immediate appointment at Care Rite, PLLC, for treatment to avoid complications. 

Specific chronic care support you can expect includes: 

• Monitoring of health markers through blood tests or other evaluations
• Diet and exercise planning
• Relevant screenings
• Lifestyle recommendations and behavior change
• Medication review and management
• Coordination of care among specialists

Your provider considers your home and work environment, schedule, and preferences when making recommendations or creating treatment plans. 

Why is chronic care management important?

If you have a chronic disease diagnosis, the best thing you can do is get skilled management from the team at Care Rite, PLLC, to prevent it from progressing and creating disability.

Minimize your risk of developing a chronic disease by following smart lifestyle habits that are known to discourage the development or worsening of chronic disease. These include:

• Getting regular physical activity
• Minimizing alcohol use
• Eliminating tobacco use
• Eating a whole-foods, balanced diet

Even if you have a genetic predisposition to a certain chronic disease, healthy habits go a long way in preventing it from ever developing.

If you need chronic care management, call Care Rite, PLLC, or request an appointment online today. Walk-ins are also welcome.