<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=20Wu8q_1Eb0HP6S00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20Wu8q_1Eb0HP6S00" width="2000" height="1500" ><figcaption>Photo Provided by Ball State University</figcaption></figure>Ball State University is expanding East Central Indiana’s access to healthcare through the launch of a new medicine primary care practice within the campus’ Healthy Lifestyle Center, according to a press release published by the university.The center is located within the Interprofessional Community Clinics at 1613 W. Riverside Ave. in Muncie.Community members can benefit from services such as annual wellness visits, preventive care, routine physical examinations, women’s health services and a variety of other medical services including counseling.The practice is preparing to soft launch in early September and has already had three family nurse practitioners begin opening their patients’ panels.According to the Ball State press release, “The practice will emphasize personalized, relationship-based care that gives patients time to ask questions and participate in decisions about their health.”It will also focus on preventative care and an integrated approach to treatment that includes physical, behavioral and lifestyle health.According to Dean of the College of Health Scott Rutledge, “The Healthy Lifestyle Center often encounters individuals and families at health fairs in the community who don’t have primary care. Up [until] now, we have referred such folks to healthcare providers. With the addition of family primary care in Ball State Health, we will be able to assist such folks directly while also continuing to provide health education and promotion.”The new practice is a part of Ball State’s Interprofessional Community Clinics, which “seek to train health professions students to collaborate with professionals, patients, and communities to provide holistic, patient-centered services aimed at improving overall health, wellness, and quality of life,” according to the Interprofessional Community Clinics page on the Ball State website.“What will be ideal for student learning in the Healthy Lifestyle Center is tag-teaming with a nurse practitioner who can refer patients needing a consultation on, for example, nutrition or exercise,” Rutledge said.Contact Kyler Effner via email at kyler.effner@bsu.edu.</div></body>

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