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elem("answers").innerHTML = "What is Health Risk Management?
Health Risk Management is providing preventive comprehensive healthcare. Our pharmacists directed program includes risk assessments and screenings, group health education presentations, individual consultations and medication management.
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elem("answers").innerHTML = "Why is Health Risk Management important?
Chronic health conditions are often hidden enemies silently threatening the health of your employees and your company.
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elem("answers").innerHTML = "What does Health Risk Management have to do with Employee Productivity?
Absences and productivity issues cost employees three time their medical expenses
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if (which=="diabetes")
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elem("answers").innerHTML = "What is the impact of Diabetes?
• 17 million Americans have Diabetes
• Economic costs for Diabetes totaled $98 billion in 2002
• Nearly 88 million disability days are lost due to Diabetes
• An average of 8.8 work days were lost for people with diabetes compared to 1.7 days for people without diabetes
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elem("answers").innerHTML = "What is the impact of Coronary Heart Disease?
• 12.4 million Americans have Coronary Heart Disease.
• Economic cost for CHD totaled $329 billion in 2002
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if (which=="value")
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elem("answers").innerHTML = "What is the value of a Health Risk Management program?
• Improvement in management of healthcare costs
• Decrease in hospitalizations and costs
• Decrease in employee absenteeism
• Increase in employee productivity
• Improvement in management & utilization of medications
• Empowerment employees to achieve their healthcare goals
• Improvement in employee quality of life
• Prevention of chronic illness & disability
What makes our pharmacy staff unique?
Our staff has:
• Advanced training and education specializing in disease state management
• Experience in providing health risk management
• Pharmaceutical Case Management with the state of Iowa for Medicaid patients
• Health Risk Management with Dairy Pak
• Knowledge about medications & cost issues
• Knowledge of alternative therapies
• Ability to effectively communicate and work together with healthcare providers
• Opportunity to mentor, encourage & work one-on-one with employees";
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elem("answers").innerHTML = "Getting Started...
Step 1
Initial Screening
• Brief Patient & Medication History
• Blood Pressure and Pulse
• Coronary & Diabetes Risk Assessment
• Fasting Lipid Profile & Blood Glucose
• Weight with Body Mass Index
• Body Fat Analysis
• Consultation with Pharmacist to review results
Analysis of data collection to identify areas of health risk management which would be beneficial for employees.
Step 2
Health Risk Management Programs
• Diabetes
• Heart Smart
• Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Smoking Cessation
• Asthma
• Healthy Weight Loss
General Components of Management Programs
• Blood pressure, pulse, & weight
• Patient history and update
• Medication review for compliance, understanding, proper technique, & cost
containment
• Evaluation of current healthcare goals & establishment of a plan to achieve new
goals
• Disease state & medication education
• Identification and resolution of drug therapy problems
• Communication with physicians and other healthcare providers
Health Risk Management Data Reports
• For more information, please contact Matt Osterhaus or Tammy Bulock.";
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