Chronic Disease Management
NorthShore's Chronic Disease Management program fosters a partnership between patients and providers, offering education and support for individuals living with chronic conditions. From tailored therapies to encouraging self-management, our aim is to improve your quality of life while addressing barriers to effective care.
Chronic Disease Management
NorthShore's Chronic Disease Management program fosters a partnership between patients and providers, offering education and support for individuals living with chronic conditions. From tailored therapies to encouraging self-management, our aim is to improve your quality of life while addressing barriers to effective care.
Chronic Disease Management at NorthShore
Chronic disease management is a patient and primary care physician (PCP) relationship involving education and medical services to help patients with chronic diseases understand and live successfully with their condition. Chronic disease management is basically disease management for chronic or continuing conditions. Doctors and nurse practitioners will work with their patients to educate and motivate them to receive necessary therapies, medications, and interventions to ultimately achieve a reasonable, ongoing quality of life.
Chronic Disease Management Goals
Chronic disease management goals include promoting self-management, which gives patients day-to-day tools to help manage their disease beyond their doctor’s visit. Another goal of NorthShore providers would be to address patient diseases or conditions to achieve the most effective health outcomes, regardless of financial or social barriers.
Common Chronic Diseases include:
- Alzheimer disease and dementia
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Cancer
- COPD
- Crohn’s disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Heart disease
- HIV/AIDS
- Mood disorders (bipolar, cyclothymic, and depression)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson disease