Healthcare IT News September 17, 2024
Dr. Tejaswi Kompala, head of cardiometabolic clinical strategy at Teladoc Health, says too many people are overburdened by the needs associated with managing their chronic conditions – but that artificial intelligence could help in several ways.
While clinician burnout is well known, “patient burnout” within the chronic disease population is an equally critical but silent issue. Managing chronic conditions, especially diabetes, is complex and overwhelming. Nonadherence affects 12% of the U.S. population with Type 2 diabetes; 42% of patients with chronic conditions manage at least two or more.
Dr. Tejaswi Kompala, head of cardiometabolic clinical strategy at Teladoc Health, says artificial intelligence is rethinking healthcare’s approach to chronic conditions like diabetes. She believes artificial intelligence can help by:
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