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How to Manage Chronic Diseases for a Healthier Life: Expert Tips from Edge Family Medicine

Edge Family Medicine

Taking Control of Your Health with Chronic Disease Management Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and COPD can be challenging, but at Edge Family Medicine , we specialize in helping patients regain control of their health. Why Choose Edge Family Medicine?

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system.

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Behavioral Health Provider Perspectives on the Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Themes were: (1) IBH is an evolving discipline that is complex, ambiguous, and requiring of on-going learning, which some Behavioral Health Consultants use as an asset to explain their role and purpose, (2) Physicians’ socialization has lead to the separation of physical and mental care, (3) While leadership buy-in is critical, IBH requires mindset (..)

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Summer Hydration: How to Stay Healthy and Hydrated in the Heat

Edge Family Medicine

These summer hydration tips can help you stay energized, protect your heart, and avoid heat-related illness during outdoor activity or everyday errands. And remember: Edge Family Medicine is here to help you feel your best all year long. Staying hydrated is always important, but in the warmer months, it becomes essential.

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Rural Ontario Complete Lifestyle Medicine Intervention Program (CLIP-ON) [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Chronic illness is at a record high in society. Lifestyle medicine programs have demonstrated a positive impact in managing these diseases but are poorly implemented and unavailable in rural communities. Lifestyle medicine involves ongoing engagement with a multidisciplinary team to support health-improving lifestyle changes.

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Health Trends Across Communities: a healthcare system-public health collaboration to advance health equity across Minnesota [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Outcome Measures: Prevalence estimates for 20 health conditions that address mental illness, chronic physical health conditions, substance use disorder, maternal and child health, and firearm injury. Summary information is generated at each site and then centrally combined and analyzed. Results: HTAC generated results for 4.6

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How your mental health can affect your physical health

Vida Family Medicine

Most patients who go to see a primary care doctor are concerned about improving their physical health. There are many factors that impact our physical health- genetics, environmental exposures, economic resources, and behaviors. However, one large factor in physical health that patients often ignore is mental health.