Green Shield Canada offering chronic pain management app to plan members
Green Shield Canada is partnering with ManagingLife Inc. to offer the software developer’s Manage My Pain app at no cost to benefits plan members for the rest of 2020.
The app allows users to track, analyze and share the details of their chronic pain condition with their physician and other health-care providers. It also provides insights and uncovers unique patterns, which turn day-to-day experiences with pain into data.
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“With the limitations on in-person treatment as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, it has never been more important to ease the burden on those suffering with chronic pain,” said David Willows, the insurer’s executive vice-president of digital, innovation and brand experience, in a press release. “The Manage My Pain app positions them to take control of their pain and it serves as a daily reminder that they are not alone.”