Can we get better at treating chronic illness? 3 ways to do it
We spoke to some experts in chronic disease and palliative care on ways to improve treatment in 2018 and beyond.
Roughly half of all adults in the U.S. have one or more chronic illnesses, with 25 percent suffering from two or more such conditions.
These people navigate a medical system of widely variable quality, an ever-shifting insurance landscape, and real-world considerations like broken cars, broken marriages, and bad jobs that can shape the patient journey as much as the latest medical discoveries.
Can we get any better at treating chronic illness, particularly when those illnesses become life-threatening? We spoke to some experts in the field on ways to make that happen in 2018 and beyond.
