Managed Healthcare Executive October 16, 2020
How COVID-19 is affecting those specifically with chronic conditions and how technology is helping.
Having a chronic condition can be painful and exhausting under any circumstance. With the added stress of COVID-19 and its effects like job and financial uncertainty, it can be unbearable for someone with a complex chronic condition such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which affects more than 3 million people in the U.S..
Typically, traditional care models for managing chronic conditions don’t address patients’ emotional well-being – which can be a painful and costly mistake. Patients with IBD and a mental health comorbidity drive three to five times higher annual healthcare costs, according to Monique Fayad, CEO of Trellus Health.
Fayad explains how technology is...
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