From @Forbes, coming out of the pandemic a whopping 56% of Americans with chronic disease have missed medication. People aren’t taking their meds, and aren’t tending their conditions.
Think of how huge this risk is to our employees … 56% are not taking their meds!
These people have conditions that are ripening like bad fruit about to fall. And when it hits it’s going to be ugly. A fully mature form of diabetes or heart disease has astronomical personal and financial costs.
@BenefitsPro points out that it’s financial worry that contributes to almost one in four Americans avoiding medical treatment.
So Mind The Gap!
From a risk management point of view, this is practically the definition of “low hanging fruit”. These gaps in care are the easiest to see, and honestly the most straightforward to remedy. Do you have a system to reach this population? Are you able to find the gaps and press the snooze button on the ticking time bombs happening in over half your chronic disease conditions?
The gap may seem small right now, but the chasm it opens up can swallow your most valuable people, not to mention your budget.
#MindTheGap
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