Chronically Informed

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Chronically Informed (https://www.chronicallyinformed.org) is an innovative and effective tool for patients and their caregivers as they navigate the complexities and inequalities of the American healthcare system.

We are fiscally sponsored by The Archer Group dba The Fund for a Healthier Colorado. Your donations will go directly to Chronically Informed.

Our organization:

• Creates hope for chronically ill patients
• Fosters patient-provider partnerships
• Expands healthcare access and empower patients through shared experiences navigating the medical system

More than 60% of Coloradans live with a chronic health condition. 

Approximately 12% of Coloradans could not afford to see a doctor in 2023.

Approximately 27% of Coloradans had not had a routine check-up between 2022 and 2023.

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When people do not know how to use the medical system, they cannot access the care they need.

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We provide the following to address this issue:

• Videos co-created by patients that share practical techniques and stories of success navigating the medical system
• Resources vetted by patients
• Community built through storytelling

So much of living with a chronic illness is outside of the patient’s control. When chronic illness patients repeatedly run into obstacles accessing quality healthcare, three primary challenges develop:

• They feel powerless and that it is impossible to improve their future experiences
• They lose motivation to take action that could result in better healthcare outcomes.
• They can have trouble learning and accepting that a successful outcome is even possible.

Hope is the beginning of everything we do. By creating hope, we move patients from a place of feeling like outcomes are out of their control  to a place where they can learn from others and take action. 

We create hope by:

• Empowering patients by showing others have successfully navigated the medical system
• Inspiring patients to use those techniques themselves