PAMPER stands for: Prevention And Management Program for the Effective Recovery of patients at high risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes.
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The program educates diabetic CHI patients to manage their diabetes and prevent more serious health problems including:
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Because 7 percent of all CHI patients are diabetic, the program works to prevent them from getting sicker and reduce hospital visits by providing them with resources such as:
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The program also follows up with patients who are overdue for selected tests, procedures or immunizations including: A1c test, Pap smear test, mammography, and immunization for children up to age 2. The program helps women get a Pap test if they have not had one in the past three years or longer. The Pap test checks for cervical cancer that is the easiest gynecologic cancer to prevent, with regular screening tests and follow-up.
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PAMPER was created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reduce health disparities and improve care outcomes for patients who are at risk or have selected chronic diseases, by implementing a financially sustainable clinical outreach and chronic disease care management program.
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PAMPER is conducted at CHI’s Martin Luther King Jr. Clinica Campesina and at Naranja Health Center. For more information, call MLK at 305-248-4334 or Naranja at 305-258-6813.