Introducing the Health Buddy® Program.

Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Health Buddy Program uses personalized home health monitoring technology to help Medicare patients with severe chronic illness live healthier, happier, longer lives.

Improving the lives of people with chronic conditions, while cutting health care costs.

The United States is facing a crisis in treating patients with chronic illnesses:
	132 million people, or 45% of the U.S. population, suffers from one or more chronic conditions 1
	Chronic illness accounts for 78% of all health care expenditures 2
	Analysts predict severe physician shortages, particularly in rural areas 3

Health Buddy Program Newsletter Wenatchee Valley Medical Center Bend Memorial Clinic

March 1, 2006 Bend Memorial Clinic Launches Medicare Research Project