Chronic health problems are widespread. Statistics indicate that over 20% of the Indian population suffers from at least one chronic disease. Such diseases are easy to acquire but very difficult to get rid of. Our (so-called) modern lifestyle, stress and ignorance are great contributors to it. In the last 15 years, there has been a spike in chronic conditions like diabetes, asthma, heart diseases, arthritis and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). These health conditions require regular medical services at home and proper care for a systematic recovery and to prevent the condition from becoming acute problems.
Chronic Disease Management Program (CDMP), also commonly known as Disease Management Protocol (DMP), has been adopted in many developed countries like the USA and Germany to provide regular and periodic home medical care to chronic patients. In fact, countries like Germany have even made such disease management programs compulsory right from the very first diagnosis of the disease.
