(SAVANNAH, GA) A $72,600 grant funded by the United Way of the Coastal Empire is going toward a community disease management program.
The program will help 200 high risk diabetic patients and 200 patients with congestive heart failure over a 1 year period.
The program will bring together several medical groups, community resources, and technology to help educate patients.
“The ultimate goal of this program is to ensure the best possible health for all of our patients. Close care coordination and very affordable and easy to use electronic tools that fit the lifestyle of our patients and assist with the workflow of the care team will be key to the success of the program,” said Leon Burton, Executive Director, Curtis V. Cooper Primary Care Health Center.
Also included in the program is a Transitional Care Discharge Program. The TCDP is aimed at improving patient and health care provider communication once the patient is discharged.
Diabetes and heart failure are chronic health conditions characterized by high mortality and frequent hospitalizations. “Community Health Mission’s intervention will help CCSNPC providers better manage their patients, and increase the time between hospital discharge and readmission or death, reduce the total number of rehospitalizations, and decrease health care costs,” said Areatha Jones, Executive Director of J.C. Lewis Primary Care Center.
For additional information, call Miriam Rittmeye, Ph.D., MPH, Executive Director, Community Health Mission at 912-692-1451 ext. 110
