Where’s the chronic-care approach to this chronic disease?
Most of us know someone with a chronic disease. I think of my friend who has type 1 diabetes. He's doing OK now, but he has been hospitalized on two occasions in the 25 years I've known him. After being discharged from the hospital, he had numerous outpatient appointments with his endocrinologist. The appointments became less frequent as his blood sugar stabilized. To this day, he monitors his blood sugar daily. My friend knows that he has to follow a...
