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TeleMOVE!
TeleMOVE! provides guidance for healthy lifestyle changes with regards to healthy eating, behavioral changes and physical activity.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
TeleMOVE! Care Coordination and Home Telehealth (CCHT) Weight Management Program
What is TeleMOVE!
A self-management weight loss program designed to help you lose weight and keep it off all from the comfort and convenience of your own home.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have the desire to lose and manage your weight.
- Have a body mass index of ≥ 25 with or without stable weight related conditions.
- Have a weight related health risk.
- Have an existing phone line (or Internet connection with router) in your home.
- Are not enrolled in any other CCHT Disease Management Program.
- Willing to use technology DAILY.
Technology
The TeleMOVE! Program uses an in-home messaging device called the Viterion 100 or Health Buddy.
Free to use – No charges to send and receive data.
- Convenient.
- Easy to set up and use.
- Large, easy to read buttons enables one finger operation.
- A pleasant voice guides you through the steps for weighing.
- Patients receive and respond to questions and education DAILY.
The TeleMOVE! Program
- Enhances self-management skills.
- Provides guidance for healthy life-style changes with regards to healthy eating, behavioral changes
and physical activity. - Helps to identify barriers to weight management.
- Ongoing Support from a VA Dietitian.
- Encourages frequent contact which may lead to improved out-comes.
Program Details:
- Program Length: 90 days. (2 sessions are encouraged).
- Provides 82 days of weight management dialogue (weekends/Holidays Included).
- Uses a series of questions, knowledge statements, symptom monitoring and education.
- Responses are categorized as high, intermediate, and low risk category.
- A Dietitian will contact you if your answers are considered high risk.
- We help you to set goals, make a plan, and provide you with support, information, and guidance to help
you on your journey to better health.
For more information contact the West Palm Beach TeleMOVE! Coordinator
Phone: (561) 422-8262 Ext: 5834
Room: 1A-162
