As part of the Blue Care Connection medical care management program, HMO members can access the Personal Health Manager (PHM), our online suite of health and wellness resources.  The PHM gives you an array of interactive tools and information that can help you work toward a healthier lifestyle. You can:

• Learn about your health status and risks by completing a confidential Health Risk Assessment that gives you a detailed report of your health status, risks and recommendations for improving your health, which can be shared with your physician.
• Get your health and wellness questions answered by health professionals via secure e-mail, using Ask A Nurse, Ask A Trainer, Ask A Dietitian or Ask A Life Coach features.

• Track your medical history by creating a medical record to record your history and test results, including lab results, blood pressure readings, weight, medications, vaccinations and allergies.
• Record your progress with the Clinical Tracking Tools by entering certain values such as cholesterol levels, blood pressure readings and diabetes glucose levels and review results over time a graph format.

• Adopt healthier behaviors and stay motivated using the For Your Health section that offers interactive, personalized tools and records to track activities and results. Get Fit helps you set fitness goals and provides customized, safe and effective exercise plans and instructions to help achieve those goals. With Eat Right, you can find nutrition guidelines, and get customized information and recipes to meet your diet and health improvement goals. Live Well can help you develop life skills to obtain higher levels of achievement or cope with challenging situations.

• Understand health conditions and medical procedures by searching the health care encyclopedia and receive news on health topics of interest.

Contact your employer for more information on Blue Care Connection.