As patients leave hospitals, emergency rooms, and rehabilitation centers earlier in their recovery, managing their care afterward has become more challenging than ever. Diabetic patients know this well, since diabetes is among the most common diagnoses that transition patients into home care. A structured diabetic care plan helps bridge that gap, bringing coordinated, proactive management directly into the home.
Our patient portal is an online gateway that lets patients manage their personal health information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Developed by athenahealth, the same service we use to store Electronic Medical Records (EMR), the portal gives our patients the same direct access to their health information that doctors enjoy.
Long-term care is one of those subjects most people avoid until they have to face it, and by then the questions come fast. Here are answers to some of the most common questions about what long-term care is, who needs it, and how to plan for it.
