- People with diabetes benefit most from cultural specific peer counseling and messaging.
- Technology can enhance this approach, particularly the use of text messaging for the Hispanic community.
- Continuous glucose monitoring provides better control of diabetes, when both the patient and the medical team can simultaneously monitor it.
$320 billion are spent every year treating diabetes
When was the last time your treatments truly empowered a diabetes patient? Project Dulce does just this. It’s an innovative program in San Diego, being held up as a national model. The bottom line:
More than eight million Americans suffer from diabetes, and more than $320 billion are spent every year treating the disease.
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