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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.

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  • Worldwide emergency coverage for emergency care and urgently needed services. Feel free to move about the world with $60,000 in coverage.

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  • Emergencies are occurrences that require immediate and complex medical attention (this benefit does not include ambulance services).

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  • Ambulance services can be either emergency medical (EMT) or non-emergency medical transport (non-EMT or NEMT).

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  • Many services and procedures today are provided as outpatient in ambulatory service areas of the hospital or at freestanding health services centers.

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  • Observation is typically 23 hours and initiated to determine whether the patient needs admitted to the hospital (inpatient) or can be discharged.

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  • Includes therapeutic radiology services, diagnostic radiology services, diagnostic procedures and tests, surgical and splinting supplies, and lab services.

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  • A diabetes prevention program using structured health behavior change. 9 in 10 cases of diabetes can be avoided by making key lifestyle changes.

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  • Supervised exercise therapy (SET) is used to alleviate painful and disruptive symptoms associated with peripheral artery disease.

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  • SNF is post-acute care, typically following a hospitalization, provided most often in a facility, that involves licensed nursing care and oversight.

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  • Dialysis is used in end-stage renal (kidney) disease to replace kidney function and cleanse the body of toxins.

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  • For those who misuse alcohol but are not alcohol-dependent. Misuse is too much, too often. Dependence is the inability to quit.

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  • Pulmonary rehab services help people with lung disease live and breathe better, as well as improve chest strength and physical endurance.

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About us

Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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