Round-Up of Resources for National Diabetes Awareness Month
In Tennessee, 13.8%, or more than 710,000 adults, have been diagnosed with diabetes. In most southern states, more than one-third of residents are estimated to have prediabetes. Combined with high poverty levels and lower rates of access to health insurance and healthcare in general in the southern U.S., management of chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, becomes a distinct challenge for patients who live in these regions and their care teams.
We have gathered several resources that health care professionals can use to help their patients manage diabetes.
Diabetes Disparities in Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries
Managing Diabetes: Medicare Coverage and Resources
National Diabetes Month 2021 Toolkit (from NIDDKD)
VHAN has also created several diabetes tools tailored to our network providers, including a care path, patient education in English, Spanish and Arabic, webinars, shared decision-making tools and more. Visit the VHAN Hub content library and search “diabetes” to see all of our diabetes content.