Chronic Disease Management in the wake of COVID-19

By CDM Plus    |   November 30, 2023 Chronic Disease Management, like most things, was disrupted by COVID-19. Chronic Disease Management (CDM) training company CDM Plus — like many others — had to pivot when travel and face-to-face training halted. “While health professionals on the ground also adjusted and adapted to new expectations and challenges, we wondered if rural […]

4 Things your Patient needs to self-manage their Chronic Condition

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Jane Calligeros, Founder and CEO CDM Plus My Care Plan is a patient resource that can help GPs and Health Professionals empower patients to self-manage their chronic conditions so they can stay well and out of the hospital. Chronic conditions are often lifelong and include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, COPD, chronic kidney disease, depression, anxiety, cancer, […]

Chronic Care Programs & Training

Our Subscriptions are available through an Individual or Practice Subscription. Individual Subscriptions – for GPs, Nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers / Practitioners, Practice managers, Administration and Reception. This subscription is suitable for professionals wanting the tools to help them excel in their current positions. Practice Subscriptions –suitable for all General Practices, Indigenous Health and Corporate Clinics. […]

Prevention & Early Detection Activities

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Jane Calligeros, Founder & CEO CDM Plus Chronic Disease Management at the Primary Healthcare level involves providing long term care for patients with chronic conditions.  Chronic Disease Management can also incorporate Prevention & Early Detection activities like Cancer Screening. Creating a theme for your practice is a great way to engage patients in prevention and […]

Observations to include in a Care Plan, Review & Health Assessment

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Jane Calligeros, Founder & CEO CDM Plus Chronic Disease Management activities include Care Plans, Reviews and Health Assessments.  Each of these activities have different requirements and this can sometimes be a bit overwhelming for clinical staff working in primary healthcare. A lot of the information that a Nurse or Health Worker will collect during an […]

Chronic Disease Management during a Pandemic….

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Jane Calligeros, Founder and CEO CDM Plus Practices face many challenges in delivering long term care to patients with chronic conditions during a pandemic. Australia’s large number of patients with chronic conditions and practices will need to adopt a modified model of care to continue to manage these patients.  In order to minimise preventable hospitalisations […]

4 things Kenny Rogers can teach us about Chronic Disease Self-Management

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By Jane Calligeros, Founder & CEO CDM Plus There are 4 things Kenny Rogers can teach us about Chronic Disease Self-Management and we need to teach these skills to our patients.  I was very sad to hear about Kenny Rogers passing away a few weeks ago.  Growing up I remember my Dad used to sing […]

Keeping up to date with Medicare

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Keeping up to date with Medicare Jane Calligeros | Founder and CEO CDM Plus Keeping up to date with Medicare can be hard with so many moving parts in Primary Healthcare.  Medicare releases updates monthly and it’s a good idea to do the same at a practice level.  Remember that not all changes will make […]

Are your admin staff Super-Admin??

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Jane Calligeros |Founder and CEO of CDM Plus Admin staff play a very important role in Chronic Disease Management and our theme this week has been around the admin role in primary healthcare. A question I often get asked is “Why do we need to train Reception in Chronic Disease Management?”Reception have one of the […]

Albert Einstein and Chronic Disease Management…………………………………….

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I never thought we’d be discussing Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and Chronic Disease Management but here we go… Einstein’s equation e = mc² shows that energy and mass are different forms of the same thing.  I believe that Chronic Disease Management activities such as Care Plans and Health Assessments under the right conditions are […]