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A Full Circle Approach to Healthy Living Fight Diabetes with Exercise, Weight Management MAGAZINE Vol 1 – 2017 A Full Circle Approach to Healthy Living Fight Diabetes with Exercise, Weight Management Discover Minimally Invasive Surgery for Women Upcoming Winter Health and Wellness Programs 295 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854 I 978-937-6000 TTY: 978-937-6889 I www.circle-health.org Dear Friends, As you brace for another winter, there is no better time to step back and consider a fresh start on your health and wellness routines. In these pages, we hope to get you off and running on a healthy lifestyle for 2017. Many of the programs we offer to the community are guided by the Greater Lowell Community Health Needs Assessment, which is conducted every three years by researchers and students from UMass Lowell on behalf of Lowell General Hospital and the Greater Lowell Health Alliance. The most recent report was completed in the fall of 2016, and it will serve as our roadmap to addressing the most pressing health needs in our community. The 2016 report identified several issues that can be helped by adopting a healthy lifestyle. Diabetes and diabetes related health concerns remain one of the top health issues in this region. Conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, asthma and respiratory disease were also highlighted. In the following pages, you will learn more about how Circle Health helps individuals make positive lifestyle changes small and large. For people dealing with severe obesity, our Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery is giving patients a new lease on life through a comprehensive approach to weight loss that includes options for bariatric surgery. For those coping with diabetes, the Lowell Community Health Center offers a new Diabetes Group Visit program so none of these patients has to go it alone. And for those just looking to take the first step, our Center for Community Health and Wellness coordinates dozens of classes for community members of all ages. In the new year, we are also excited to strengthen our clinical services to our patients with two exciting grand openings. Circle Health Billerica will offer urgent care, primary care, and a patient service center at Treble Cove Plaza, giving the people of Billerica a new, convenient option for non-emergency care. At Lowell General Hospital’s main campus, we will be opening the new Gil and Marilyn Campbell Intensive Care Unit, which will add 11 beds to our existing 12-bed ICU, expanding our ability to treat the most critical patients in our community. At Circle Health, we are excited to see what 2017 brings. As we continue to grow, so does our ability to provide you with Complete connected care. Cheers to a new year. In good health, Norm Deschene Chief Executive Officer of Circle Health Circle Health has a New Wellforce Partner – Hallmark Health Wellforce, the innovative health system With the addition of Hallmark Health, the comprised of Circle Health and Tufts Wellforce system is nearly 3,000 affiliated Medical Center, has a new partner. physicians strong, offers more than 1,000 inpatient beds for those in need and Hallmark Health, the parent company of employs 12,000 staff members. Melrose-Wakefield Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, officially “Wellforce physicians and hospitals joined Wellforce on January 1, 2017. and other synergies for its member provide high quality, affordable, organizations. Wellforce organizations community-focused care across Eastern Wellforce was founded in October of have collaborated to bring expert Massachusetts,” said Norm Deschene, 2014 with the joining of Circle Health Tufts Medical Center pediatricians, CEO of Wellforce. “Through this broader and Tufts Medical Center. In just two neonatologists, surgeons, ICU specialists affiliation, we’ll share best practices, years, Wellforce has achieved more than and others out of Boston and into the new ideas and strategies for better, more $5 million in savings on supplies, services communities of the Merrimack Valley. efficient health care.” 02 For more information, visit www.circle-health.org Welcoming New Providers to Circle Health At Circle Health, we’re dedicated to meeting the growing needs of our communities. That means expanding our network of physicians who are committed to keeping you healthy, providing expert care and treating you with the attention you deserve. With more physicians, we can accept new patients and maintain the Complete connected careSM that is the promise of Circle Health. All of the following physicians are accepting new patients. David Earle, MD Eliza Jones, MD Vishnu Kannabiran, MD Specialist Primary Care Physician Specialist General Surgery, Board Certified Pediatrics, Board Certified Otolaryngology Lowell Surgical Associates Pediatrics West Massachusetts ENT Associates Lowell Westford Chelmsford 978-452-5050 978-577-0457 978-256-5557 Francis Magro, MD Maosong Qi, MD, PhD Luis Suarez, MD Specialist Specialist Specialist Infectious Disease Rheumatology, Board Certified Vascular Surgery Lowell Infectious Disease Associates New England Neurological Associates Greater Lowell Vascular Surgery Lowell Lowell Lowell 978-934-9220 978-687-2321 978-942-2610 Need a physician? For information on more than 700 physicians in over 30 specialties, call an advisor 24/7 at 1-877-LGH-WELL (1-800-544-9355) or visit www.lowellgeneral.org/findaphysician. To learn more about our new primary care physicians, visit circle-health.org/newPCPs. To learn more about our new specialists, visit circle-health.org/newspecialists. A Full Circle Approach to Healthy Living There is no better prescription for good health than incorporating healthy habits into your everyday lifestyle. But none of us are perfect, and for many of us, the challenge of maintaining a healthy body and mind requires support. At Circle Health, our promise to provide Complete connected care means we are here to support your journey to improved health and wellness every step of the way. EDUCATION DIAGNOSTICS For some, creating a healthy lifestyle will mean small changes that can make a big difference. For those individuals, our Get Your Body Movin’ classes (page 14) are a great way to start. For others, particularly those coping with conditions like diabetes or obesity, Circle Health offers services and DISEASE programs like the Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery, diabetes management MANAGEMENT centers at both Lowell General Hospital and the Lowell Community Health Center, and educational TREATMENT and support programs through our Center for Community Health and Wellness. There is a healthy option for almost everyone who is willing to take that first step. Let us walk with RECOVERY you on your journey to good health. Support Group Provides Hope, Connections for Diabetes Patients On the first Tuesday of every month, a Led by an experienced team of doctors, group of patients meets in a third-floor nurses, diabetes educators, a dietitian and conference room. They all have one thing other clinicians, the monthly meetings in common: a diabetes diagnosis. cover a range of issues, including how diabetes affects the body, how to Actually, they have a lot in common, communicate with your doctor, managing including worry about possible symptoms, controlling blood sugar levels, complications from the disease, frustration Now, through Lowell Community Health eating well, using relaxation techniques over managing their blood sugar levels, Center’s innovative Diabetes Group Visit including meditation and gentle exercise, and the need to develop good exercise and program, health center patients with and understanding the medications used eating habits. diabetes don’t have to go it alone. to treat diabetes. There are two kinds of diabetes: Type 1, or “It can be lonely dealing with a chronic Hemoglobin A1C levels, which measure insulin-dependent diabetes, occurs when illness like diabetes,” said Migdalia average blood sugar levels, are checked an individual no longer produces insulin, a Fontanez, the Community Health every three months, or more often if hormone that regulates blood sugar levels Center’s Medical Assistant who oversees necessary. Although the meetings are and converts carbohydrates to energy. enrollment, working with Stephanie offered in English, Fontanez, a certified With Type 2 diabetes, individuals become Mourtzinos, RN, to run the monthly medical interpreter, is available to assist resistant to the insulin they produce. meetings. “So much of the meeting is Spanish-speaking patients. peer-to-peer support. People leave feeling Left unchecked, this chronic illness can hopeful, instead of frustrated.” Diabetes Group Visits are available to all Health cause a range of complications including Center patients diagnosed with diabetes or circulatory problems, blindness, hypertension Almost 12.6% of all Lowell Community insulin resistance. The group meets from and kidney failure. Managing the disease Health Center patients have diabetes 9:00 to 11:00am on the first Tuesday can seem relentless, requiring daily attention (2015), and, among adults ages 18 to of every month. For information, contact to diet, exercise and medications. 75, that number climbs to 12.3%. The Migdalia Fontanez, 978-322-8869. majority have Type 2 diabetes. 04 For more information, visit www.circle-health.org Fitness Partnership Pays Off for Lowell City Councilor with Diabetes week with his wife April, and fitting other For Rourke, being able to manage his workouts in during a break in his workday. diabetes and get his workouts in, all close And it’s paying off. to home, makes a huge difference in his life. “A half hour of high intensity training sets my blood sugar for the whole day “We live right down the street from and night,” Rourke says. “One of these Lowell General,” Rourke says. “Our kids workouts can last up to 48 hours.” were born there. I have my primary care and specialists there. I’m a perfect Circle Health has a growing partnership example – you can get it all in one spot.” with SLS Fitness and its owner, renowned trainer Sherri Sarrouf, to bring more To learn more about Lowell General Hospital’s health and wellness programs to members health and wellness programs and partnerships, of the community.
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