Closing Care Gaps in Diabetes Management Through Advanced Data Integration with Continuous Glucose Monitors : Episode 16
The Pivotal Role of Patient Engagement and Education in Achieving Optimal Diabetes Outcomes
David Hines underscores the criticality of routine monitoring for members with diabetes, encompassing glycemic control, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels, while simultaneously highlighting the indispensable nature of patient buy-in, engagement in daily self-management routines, and access to educational resources to bridge prevalent knowledge deficits, all geared towards optimizing diabetes care.
- What key health metrics, such as glycemic control, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels, are essential for regularly monitoring members with diabetes? Have you observed disparities in controlling these markers among different demographic groups within your covered population?
- How proactive and engaged do you find members to be in understanding and self-managing their diabetes daily? How does their level of health literacy appear to influence their diabetes outcomes?
- What educational resources or interventions could benefit members upon initial diabetes diagnosis (e.g., medication adherence, nutrition, lifestyle modification)? In your experience, what are common knowledge gaps that persist among members with diabetes?
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