Aim of chronic disease management
- Controlling symptoms.
- Managing disease progression.
- Prevent acute flare up and action plans for its management.
- Decrease impact on functional capacity.
- Promote compliance to complex treatment
What the care model involves
- Patient-centred Care.
- Patient education.
- Life style management.
- Risk factor managements.
- Psychological support.
- Multidisciplinary team care.
- Evidence based guidelines.
- Self-management:
- Action plans.
- Follow up plan.
Common chronic conditions
At Redbank medical centre we manage the following chronic disease as explained above. Chronic disease management is fully bulk billed.
Commonly managed chronic conditions are:
- Anxiety disorders.
- Alcohol dependence.
- Chronic heart failure.
- Chronic skin conditions.
- Chronic kidney disease.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Coronary heart disease (CHD).
- Chronic Pain management.
- Coeliac disease.
- Dementia.
- Depression.
- Developmental delay in children.
- Diabetes type 2.
- Dyslipidaemia.
- Hepatitis C.
- Hypertension.
- Inflammatory bowel disease: Ulcerative colitis and chron’s Disease.
- Osteoarthritis.
- Osteoporosis.
- Overweight and obesity in adults.
- Overweight and obesity in children.
- Poor growth in children.
- Rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks.
- Thyroid conditions: both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
