Chronic Disease Management

Thundermist continually focuses on finding new and innovative ways to manage chronic diseases and eliminate health disparities among our patients. Our meaningful use of data gained from electronic records, coupled with our chronic care team, nurse care managers, and the clinical affairs department have allowed us to make progress and help our patients manage their conditions.

Thundermist has participated in the Health Resources and Services Administration diabetes collaborative since 1999. It has made a difference in patient outcomes at all of our health centers–lowering the collective hemoglobin A1c levels of diabetic patients across all sites.

We continue to develop initiatives in preventive health, including the school-based obesity management program development in Woonsocket, the nutritional program expansion in all sites to include farmers markets and community gardens, the use of group visits for pregnancy, diabetes, asthma, and tobacco cessation.