Groups collaborate to prevent diabetes
By HME News Staff
Updated Thu May 28, 2020
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The National Community Pharmacists Association is partnering with the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists and OmniSYS to prevent Type 2 diabetes. The initiative, funded by the Centers for Disease Control, will allow small independent pharmacies to offer the National Diabetes Prevention Program to people with pre-diabetes. “The National DPP will enable neighborhood pharmacies—the most accessible health care providers—to better identify those at risk of developing diabetes, engage them in a lifestyle change program, and improve health outcomes,” said Brian Caswell, NCPA president and owner of Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs, Kan. Program support for the pharmacies will feature CDC-approved lifestyle coach training provided by ADCES for pharmacy staff who will deliver the National DPP lifestyle change program, as well as access to an OmniSYS platform that will facilitate intervention, documentation and education. NCPA has recruited an initial group of 18 pharmacies to participate in the program.
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