Left out in the cold

How do you feel about this statement? "The future of medicine is management of chronic disease". Scary? The article goes on to say "The healthcare system... was designed to focus on acute illness and injury, not long term conditions. ...In 2007 typical health care providers do not have the time nor often the expertise to teach patients about disease self management". What's the answer? Patients will have to learn to look after their own conditions and use online tools to manage their illnesses. Read more about this trend at http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/7315_pnt
Using the internet sounds wonderful, but what about patients who are poor, elderly, or handicapped? People with long term chronic illness are more than likely to be on a pension and may not have the computer skills to access this information.
If you are going to have to self-manage illness, wouldn't you rather self-manage your health and stay away from the sickness industry? The good news is that you can. And you can help your family and all of the people you care about to do it as well. Contact me directly if you want more information.