Chronic disease ‘patient burnout’ – a silent issue that must be tackled

While clinician burnout is well known, “patient burnout” within the chronic disease population is an equally critical but silent issue. Managing chronic conditions, especially diabetes, is complex and overwhelming. Nonadherence affects 12% of the U.S. population with

; 42% of patients with chronic conditions manage at least two or more.

Dr. Tejaswi Kompala, head of cardiometabolic clinical strategy at Teladoc Health, says…