DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Lovelace’s Disease Management Department offers programs to assist members with improving their health. The LIFELONG Steps program works with members with chronic diseases and the Stop Tobacco for Optimal Prevention (S.T.O.P.) program assists members who wish to quit smoking or using other tobacco products. The Healthy Weight program assists members who are overweight to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

The following links provide details about each program, clinical practice guidelines used in the program, and related tools for providers and patients.

LIFELONG Steps

 Lifelong Steps Brochure

Clinical Practice Guidelines

New Mexico Diabetes Practice Guidelines

Asthma and Hyperlipidemia Guidelines

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

COPD Guidelines

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Heart Failure Guidelines

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - Heart failure in Adults (2006)

Stop Tobacco for Optimal Prevention (S.T.O.P.)

American Lung Association

American Cancer Society

New Mexico Medical Society; CPI

 S.T.O.P. Brochure

Healthy Weight

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Dietary Guidelines For Americans 2005

Envision New Mexico

 Healthy Weight Program Criteria

 Healthy Weight Brochure

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