Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (SMoCC) service - (COACH Program)
Queensland , QLD
13 432 584

Service Overview

The SMOCC service delivers The COACH Program, a structured, telephone-based, secondary prevention program for people with in-scope chronic conditions. The service empowers and supports participants to better manage their chronic disease by addressing the associated biomedical and lifestyle risk factors shown by research to improve health outcomes.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Phone call with a Registered Nurse every 4-6 weeks for a period of 6 months

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Phone call with a Registered Nurse every 4-6 weeks for a period of 6 months

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

The SMOCC service delivers The COACH Program® by telephone which is an extensively researched accredited model of care. It demonstrated statistically significant improvements in cardiovascular risk factor status across all biomedical and lifestyle factors.

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Eligible Patients

Diagnosis

  • Acute coronary syndrome: acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) & stable or unstable angina (chest pain)
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Type 2 DM, COPD
  • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery