Opinion: For people with sickle cell disease, add check-ins to checkups
Among the many lessons the Covid-19 pandemic has taught society are that individual behaviors matter; leadership counts; and the burden of Covid-19 is not equally distributed.
I’ve learned something more as a health care provider taking care of patients with sickle cell disease: Successfully caring for a vulnerable population with a chronic illness requires more than high-quality medical care. As a community health worker connected with the sickle cell population once told me, people need more than a checkup; they need a check-in.
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