Independent Nurse Practitioners Can Lead the Way to Better Heart and Diabetes Care
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Everything we recommend on this platform is an evidence-based approach consistent with best practices. Chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and mental illness generate 90% of American healthcare costs but we have no organized primary care approach to this problem. These conditions are all related. We have primary care hospitalists and urgent care teams to address a specific collection of medical problems, but we don’t have chronic condition teams. That is a major gap in our medical system and it makes absolutely no sense.
Independent Nurse Practitioners Can Lead the Way to Better Heart and Diabetes Care
Independent Nurse Practitioners Can Lead the…
Independent Nurse Practitioners Can Lead the Way to Better Heart and Diabetes Care
Everything we recommend on this platform is an evidence-based approach consistent with best practices. Chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and mental illness generate 90% of American healthcare costs but we have no organized primary care approach to this problem. These conditions are all related. We have primary care hospitalists and urgent care teams to address a specific collection of medical problems, but we don’t have chronic condition teams. That is a major gap in our medical system and it makes absolutely no sense.