What Good Care Looks Like for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease Part 1: Medical Home, Sickle Cell Specialist, Emergency Department + Individualized Care Plan
Episode Description
What does good care actually look like for adults living with sickle cell disease?
In this episode of our What Good Care Looks Like for Adults with Sickle Cell series, lifespan sickle cell expert Dr. Julie Kanter breaks it down. She covers establishing a medical home, working with a sickle cell specialist, navigating the Emergency Department, and building an Individualized Care Plan that works for you.
Dr. Julie Kanter is the Co-Director of the Lifespan Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and President of the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers (NASCC).
This episode is part of Sickle Cell 101's Care and Treatment 101 Educational Initiative, a community resource dedicated to making care information accessible and actionable for the sickle cell community.
Thank you to our Care and Treatment 101 sponsors: Vertex, Chiesi, Pfizer, and Medunik.