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Adventist Medical Center's Cancer Care Coordinator program was made possible through the Portland, Ore.

Care coordinator will emphasize wellness, disease management and health improvement

We re thrilled that we ve had such strong results, which we ve been able to achieve through the hard work and dedication of our clinical team, including our care coordinator, who all play a vital role in this program; and through close collaboration with Cigna, said Linda Coventon, Meritas Network Executive.

The care coordinator develops additional care plan elements such as education, transportation, counseling and goals.

The Cancer Care Coordinator can help patients and family members:

Patient care coordinators across the country will help each pre-qualified patient schedule an appointment with a fertility doctor that is a good match for the patient's individual situation.

Christopher's Hospital for Children, supporting a Chronic Care Coordinator position to help families and children who suffer from critical central nervous system (CNS) diseases.

Her care coordinator at Medical Clinic of North Texas worked with a Cigna case manager to set up a home visit program for Celia and also scheduled weekly visits for lab work to monitor Celia's condition.

Critical to the program s benefits is the registered nurse clinical care coordinator, employed by MPS, who will help patients with chronic conditions or other health challenges navigate the health care system.

Bogan, the Care Coordinator handling the case, said the charge was a penalty for not "pre-certifying" the admission, but that was ultimately the hospital's responsibility.

Rob Reid, clinic director at Coulby Newham, Jen Mitchell, client care coordinator at Redcar, and Natasha Sangherra, who works as a vet at Guiseley near Leeds, raised more than PS1,500 by completing the Three Peaks Challenge - climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon - with a group of friends and Rob's dogs Finlay and Billie.

The hybrid embedded care coordinator approach YNHHS has adopted in its PCMH primary care practices;

The clinic's integrated team includes a nurse care coordinator, four part-time self-management group facilitators, and psychiatry services.

Cindy Smith, Glendale Adventist's oncology care coordinator, led a tree-planting ceremony in the hospital's Anniversary Garden, where everyone from the children of breast cancer survivors to patients in wheelchairs took turns shoveling soil around a 5-foot sapling.

How much contact each member will require with a care coordinator is estimated at the time of enrollment, based on the member's wishes.