Tools to support and promote overall wellness
Log on to Your Health Center to access the Healthwise® Knowledgebase and Health Crossroads®– important resources that provide information on health conditions, medical tests, procedures, and everyday health and wellness issues based on the most reliable, up-to-date medical research.
- Personal Health Assessment
Take the Lovelace Personal Health Assessment to better understand the things you are doing well and areas you might consider improving. - Health Information
Healthwise® Knowledgebase is an online health information center, with topics such as medical symptoms, emergency situations, prescription drugs and surgical procedures.We give you reliable tools and information to help you make important medical decisions. Use them to become better informed about your condition, so you can work more closely with your doctor when discussing your treatment. You'll find information to help you:- Know when to treat your condition at home and when to seek care
- Assess the benefits and risks of treatment options
- Prevent illness, complications, or relapse
- Health CrossroadsSM
Topics to help you choose treatments that are right for you. - Healthy lifestyle programs
These programs give you a personal road map to help you change your health and your life. Topics include - care for your back, improve your nutrition, Lower stress, stop smoking, manage your weight. - Health topics
Quick access to these health topics for when you are in a hurry. Topics include – allergies, arthritis, asthma, chronic pain, colds and flu, depression, diabetes, pregnancy and newborns, weight management and more. - Other online health tools
Want to make healthier choices? Need help with an existing health problem? Whatever your personal health needs, Lovelace Health Plan’s Healthy Steps programs can help. - http://www.newmexicoresources.org/ provides detailed information about a variety of government-funded assistance programs available to low and moderate-income individuals and families living in New Mexico
- http://www.health.state.nm.us/ links New Mexicans to our State health resources
- http://www.cdc.gov/ Your online resource for credible health information
- http://www.marchofdimes.com/ dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
- http://www.heart.org/hEARTORG/ building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke
- http://ccalliance.org/ the oldest and largest national patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending the suffering caused by colorectal cancer.
- http://www.nih.gov/ the nation’s medical research agency—making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives
- http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
- http://www.diabetes.org/ Their mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
- http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm An independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.
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