|
Disease Management is a system of
coordinated healthcare interventions and
communications for people with conditions in which
patient self-care efforts play a significant role
Healthy Heart Programme
 WHO reports indicate that the
number of people with
cardiac ailments in our country is growing
alarmingly. If unchecked, 50% of the world’s cardiac
cases will be from India by the year 2012. Changing
lifestyles, high stress and sedentary work culture
among the major contributors to emerging trends. However 50% of death & disability from
Cardiovascular Diseases can be reduced by a
combination of simple, effective efforts to reduce
major CVD risk factors.
The hurdles that exist in the long term management
of heart disease are:
-
Poor understanding by patient of disease, risk
factors and consequences of inadequate
management
-
Poor compliance to medication and therapeutic
lifestyle changes
-
Urgency given precedence over long term severity
-
Challenges in providing coordinated treatment
-
Monitoring difficult with patients lost to
follow up
These can be successfully countered by the Heart disease
management programme launched by the Apollo
hospitals.
The programme is appropriate for
-
Patients desirous of evaluation of cardiac
status
-
Patients with Hypertension
-
Patients with Dyslipidemia
-
Patients with other risk factors and family
history of heart disease
-
Patients with Chronic Stable Angina
-
Post rehabilitation in patients with Ischemic
Heart Disease
The package includes-
-
Detailed case history
-
Evaluation by Cardiologist
-
Lab Investigations
-
Review By Cardiologist followed by
-
Drug advice
-
Diet advice
-
Physical exercise advice
-
Counselling
-
Preventive measures
-
Home visit
-
Home monitoring of BP
-
Discounts on medication
-
Follow up calls
-
Emergency ambulance services
|
