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Health care companies are good at crafting wellness slogans, but the real challenge is walking the talk. Providence Health Plans believes in providing people with the tools to improve their overall health – and its care management team is leading the way in this effort.
Health and wellness aren’t simply buzzwords at Providence Health Plans – not for the registered nurses who make up the Providence Care Management team. They minister to people with chronic conditions or acute illnesses and help many of them find new ways to manage their health. In 2010, the team worked with 30,577 individuals experiencing more than 20 types of chronic conditions ranging from asthma and diabetes to congestive heart failure. The goal of care management is to educate and empower people to take charge of their own health by recognizing symptoms that need treatment, asking questions, advocating for themselves with their providers and, in general, improving their quality of life.