During her time in the area, her work included chronic disease management, immunisation and cervical smear testing.

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Chronic disease management, acute care services and preventative care are all available at a face value, affordable price.

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The danger comes in when it comes to chronic disease management (where more than 75% of healthcare dollars are spent).

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Center Director Dr. Kimberly Chang says that the clinic is designed to help patients develop a network of support through health coaches who provide one-to-one lifestyle counseling and group visits where several patients come together to learn about topics such as nutrition, exercise, and chronic disease management from clinic staff.

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Another key feature in making health care more affordable is early diagnosis, and better management of chronic disease via prevention efforts.

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There's no prevention, no disease management and no chronic condition coverage for the individuals who don't have coverage.

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Most experts agree that increasing patient engagement and improving self-management skills for chronic disease will greatly reduce healthcare inefficiencies, but right now, there are limited resources available to patients for around-the-clock guidance, available to answer the 3 a.m. questions.

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Komen, education is at the forefront of what we do and has been a main reason we are witnessing the trend of breast cancer evolving from a fatal disease to one requiring chronic management or better yet, to being cured.

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Improving disease management, despite an increasing incidence of chronic diseases, is particularly attractive, considering 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases.

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