A Virtual Care Program for Digestive Health Support

Ordered by your Midwest Digestive Health & Nutrition provider

Midwest Digestive Health & Nutrition offers the SideBy Care Program, an evidence-based, virtual care program that works alongside your GI provider to help you manage digestive symptoms, navigate stress, improve quality of life, and build practical tools for long-term digestive health.

✔ In-network with most insurance plans
✔ Regular virtual visits from home
✔ Personalized care plan

Schedule an Intro Call

Schedule an Intro Call

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Additional Support Between GI Visits

Whether you're newly diagnosed, experiencing a flare, in remission, or managing ongoing symptoms, digestive conditions often affect more than physical symptoms alone.​

Symptoms, nutrition concerns, stress, and day-to-day challenges can all affect quality of life.​

The SideBy Care Program works alongside your GI provider to help you build skills, practical tools, and helpful habits for managing symptoms, nutrition, stress, and day-to-day challenges.

A Personalized Approach to Care

The SideBy Care Program is not a one-size-fits-all program.

Your care is personalized and tailored to your symptoms, diagnosis, goals, and stage of treatment. Whether you're newly diagnosed, experiencing a flare, in remission, or managing ongoing symptoms, our team meets you where you are.

The program is designed to help you:

  • Better understand factors that may affect your symptoms

  • Improve nutrition habits and eating patterns

  • Manage stress and other factors that can affect symptoms

  • Improve quality of life

  • Build skills and healthy habits that support long-term digestive health

What You’ll Learn

Examples of how youre Mind-Guy Specialist and Registered Dietitian can help support your goals.

With Your Mind-Gut Specialist

You will work on:

Learning evidence-based mind-gut techniques to help calm your body and digestive symptoms

Learning evidence-based mind-gut techniques to help calm your body and digestive symptoms

Learning evidence-based mind-gut techniques to help calm your body and digestive symptoms

Recognizing connections between thoughts, stress, behaviors, and symptoms

Recognizing connections between thoughts, stress, behaviors, and symptoms

Recognizing connections between thoughts, stress, behaviors, and symptoms

Developing more flexible ways of responding to symptoms and challenging thoughts

Developing more flexible ways of responding to symptoms and challenging thoughts

Developing more flexible ways of responding to symptoms and challenging thoughts

Building helpful habits and routines

Building helpful habits and routines

Building helpful habits and routines

Navigating the emotional and everyday challenges of digestive conditions

Navigating the emotional and everyday challenges of digestive conditions

Navigating the emotional and everyday challenges of digestive conditions

Developing practical strategies you can use outside of your virtual sessions

Developing practical strategies you can use outside of your virtual sessions

Developing practical strategies you can use outside of your virtual sessions

With Your Registered Dietitian

You will work on:

Developing a personalized nutrition plan based on your symptoms and goals

Developing a personalized nutrition plan based on your symptoms and goals

Developing a personalized nutrition plan based on your symptoms and goals

Learning strategies for navigating food triggers and symptom flares

Learning strategies for navigating food triggers and symptom flares

Learning strategies for navigating food triggers and symptom flares

Maintaining nutrition during treatment changes or flares

Maintaining nutrition during treatment changes or flares

Maintaining nutrition during treatment changes or flares

Expanding food choices and improving confidence around eating

Expanding food choices and improving confidence around eating

Expanding food choices and improving confidence around eating

Meal planning and hydration

Meal planning and hydration

Meal planning and hydration

Building eating patterns that work for your individual needs

Building eating patterns that work for your individual needs

Building eating patterns that work for your individual needs

*Registered Dietitian services may vary based on insurance benefits.

What to Expect

A simple, step-by-step program:

1

Understand Your Symptoms

Identify factors that may affect your symptoms and quality of life.

2

Personalized Care Plan

Receive a care plan tailored to your symptoms, diagnosis, lifestyle, and goals.

3

Regular Virtual Visits

Meet regularly with your dedicated SideBy Care team through video visits, flexible to your schedule.

4

Progress Review

Review your progress and adjust your care plan as your symptoms and needs change.

5

Continued Care

After the initial program, care continues through optimization sessions with your Mind-Gut Specialist and/or Registered Dietitian.

Your Care Team

Your Care Team

Your Care Team

Mind-Gut Specialist

Provides evidence-based strategies to help you manage symptoms and navigate everyday challenges.

Mind-Gut Specialist

Provides evidence-based strategies to help you manage symptoms and navigate everyday challenges.

Mind-Gut Specialist

Provides evidence-based strategies to help you manage symptoms and navigate everyday challenges.

Registered Dietitian*

Provides personalized nutrition care and guidance based on your symptoms and goals.

Registered Dietitian*

Provides personalized nutrition care and guidance based on your symptoms and goals.

Registered Dietitian*

Provides personalized nutrition care and guidance based on your symptoms and goals.

Care Advocate

Answers questions and helps coordinate your care throughout the program.

Care Advocate

Answers questions and helps coordinate your care throughout the program.

Care Advocate

Answers questions and helps coordinate your care throughout the program.

Your GI Provider

Remains in charge of your medical treatment, medications, and overall GI care while staying informed throughout the program.

Your GI Provider

Remains in charge of your medical treatment, medications, and overall GI care while staying informed throughout the program.

Your GI Provider

Remains in charge of your medical treatment, medications, and overall GI care while staying informed throughout the program.

*Services available may vary based on insurance benefits.

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How the Gut and Brain Work Together

Your digestive system and nervous system are constantly communicating.

The gut and brain communicate through nerves, hormones, and the immune system, creating a two-way connection that can influence digestive health and quality of life.

This ongoing communication is often called the gut-brain connection.

Understanding the gut-brain connection can help explain how factors such as nutrition, stress, sleep, thoughts, behaviors, and daily habits can influence digestive symptoms, and one another.

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Conditions We Commonly Support

The SideBy Care Program supports patients with digestive conditions that can affect symptoms, nutrition, and quality of life.

This includes:​

  • IBS

  • Crohn's disease

  • Ulcerative colitis

  • Functional dyspepsia

  • Chronic constipation

  • Chronic diarrhea

  • Other digestive conditions recommended by your GI provider

​If you're unsure whether the program is right for you, talk with your provider or schedule an introductory call with our care advocate.

Schedule an Intro Call

Schedule an Intro Call

Why Patients Choose SideBy Care

✔ Personalized care tailored to your needs and goals

✔ Works alongside your GI provider's treatment plan

✔ Weekly virtual visits from home

✔ Support from a Mind-Gut Specialist and Registered Dietitian

✔ In-network with most insurance plans

✔ Practical tools you can use throughout your digestive health journey

✔ Continued care through optimization sessions

Convenient Virtual Care

  • Weekly video visits from home

  • Easy online scheduling

  • Ongoing check-ins and symptom tracking

  • Flexible appointments that fit your schedule

Hear From Patients

Hear From Patients

Hear From Patients

Real Experiences. Real Relief.

In-Network With Most Insurance Plans

SideBy Care works with participating insurance plans to help make specialized care more accessible and affordable.

We verify your benefits and review your potential costs before you begin the program. Your specific benefits and out-of-pocket costs depend on your insurance plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will this replace my GI provider?

Will this replace my GI provider?

Can I participate if I'm in remission?

Can I participate if I'm in remission?

What happens after the initial program?

What happens after the initial program?

What will I pay out-of-pocket?

What will I pay out-of-pocket?

Ready to Feel Better?

You don't have to manage digestive symptoms on your own.​

​Get personalized support from a team that works alongside your GI provider.

Schedule an Intro Call

Schedule an Intro Call

If you would like to learn more or have any questions about the Mind-Gut program, schedule a free, 15-minute call with a Care Advocate.

Talk with a Care Advocate

Talk with a Care Advocate

Call or text: 773-364-1114
Email: careadvocate@sidebycare.com