Patients often struggle with knowing what to do when it comes to taking good care of themselves at home. Primary care providers and most specialists don’t have the time or resources to provide the necessary support.
To help patients take good care of themselves at home, NEW self-management prescriptions need to be dispensed. These prescriptions address the underlying determinants of health and are based on evidence-based best practices for the self-management of:
As the nations’ recognized leaders in self-management support, physiatrists and pharmacists are uniquely qualified to prescribe and dispense these NEW prescriptions
As the only physician specialists in multi-condition rehabilitation, physiatrists or rehabilitation doctors prescribe and deliver self-management care plans that strengthen the health of patients in the face of aging and of any medical condition. These self-management care plans have become the standard of care for the treatments of chronic conditions and they serve as models for the future of preventive healthcare.
