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chronic disease management & the wagner model
  Productive interactions between informed, active consumers / families and prepared, proactive practice teams ... what a concept ! This concept is the central tenet of the chronic care model, the Wagner model, promoted by the Centre for Improving Chronic Care. This model has caught the attention of health system planners from Seattle and San Francisco to the United Kingdom and Germany to Alberta and British Columbia. ... more
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the chronic care model
 Mike Hindmarsh ... Our work at the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation resulted in the development of The Chronic Care Model a system redesign strategy that successfully addresses the continuing care needs of the chronically ill. Since its inception in 1996, the Model has been implemented in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and now Canada... more
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Breaking barriers not bones
osteoporosis
 Dr. Famida Jiwa ... The statistics are startling: one in four women and at least one in eight men over the age of 50 have osteoporosis, and it is estimated that as many as two million Canadians may be at risk of osteoporotic fractures during their lifetime. Osteoporosis and the fractures it causes cost the health care system in excess of ... more
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Rising to the challenge
heart & stroke
 Margaret Moy Lum - Kwong ... approximately two in every three health dollars in Canada is taken up by the treatment of chronic conditions. And yet, the proportion of our health care dollars spent on public health prevention remains pitifully limited: $8.5 billion, compared to $40 billion for hospital care ... more
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the global obesity epidemic
obesity
  Phil Hurvitz ... The epidemic increase in obesity prevalence is sure to have an effect on the US health care system, diverting resources to management of chronic conditions related to obesity: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers. The increased morbidity and ... more
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Health Council of Canada Reports
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lessons from diabetes
chronic / diabetes
Health Council of Canada ... The quality of health care can have profound effects on the quality of life of people with chronic health conditions. Learning from diabetes - one of many chronic conditions affecting - shows us in very human terms why this transformation matters ... more
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Karyn Buxman
speakers - humour
  Karyn Buxman ... A highly sought humorist and internationally recognized expert in applied and therapeutic humor, Karyn Buxman, RN, MSN, CSP, CPAE shows people how to harness the power of thought (Amazed) and the spirit of humor (Amused). Through her years of ... more
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the costs of chronic illness
chronic / points of view
 Dr. Robert Buckman ... In some respects, you can look at the rising costs of chronic illness as a consequence of our unparalleled powers of "tampering with nature". The costs are basically the price that we must pay for being such a successful species ... more
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disease management
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the grey bruce cdpm framework
chronic / programs
  Lisa Miller & Mary Solomon ... The impact of chronic disease on individuals, families and communities as well health and social services is increasingly being recognized as a major challenge. Impacts range from mild lifestyle modifications to major illness resulting in increase healthcare utilization, job loss, depression, family strife ... more
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Osteoporosis Canada
At least 2 million Canadians suffer from a disease without symptoms. It could be someone you know, it could even be you ... more
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the cost of vision loss
chronic / vision
 Dr. Keith Gordon ... Vision loss had the highest direct health care costs of any disease, costing Canadians much more than diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental disorders, respiratory diseases (pneumonia, influenza, COPD, and asthma), arthritis or osteoporosis ... more
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obesity related
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new global diabetes guidelines
chronic / diabetes
 Prof. Stephen Colagiuri ... The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently launched three new diabetes guidelines on the Self- Monitoring of Blood Glucose, Pregnancy, and Oral Health at its 20th World Diabetes Congress in Montreal that took place in October ... more
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