BTG: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care

Transforming primary care with partnerships to integrate medical & social care for diabetes, led by Univ of Chicago & funded by Merck Foundation from 2017-2023.

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Co-Directors @DrMonicaPeek & @MarshallChinMD discuss how expanding the care team to include people in the community and in the health care system can improve care and reach people where they are at in the @ADCESdiabetes podcast, The Huddle.

Listen here: https://t.co/BwjEC62Zoz

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The importance of alignment between health care & social service orgs is a key lesson from the @diabetesgap initiative. Co-Directors @DrMonicaPeek & @MarshallChinMD discuss this critical area in the @ADCESdiabetes podcast, The Huddle.

Hear about it here: https://t.co/l8x96X3kGi

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In this episode of the @ADCESdiabetes podcast, The Huddle, Co-Directors @DrMonicaPeek & @MarshallChinMD describe how @diabetesgap grantees impacted policy to improve reimbursement/support for non-medical services.

Listen below: https://t.co/l8x96X3kGi

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Co-Directors @DrMonicaPeek & @MarshallChinMD discuss how grantees of @diabetesgap integrated medical & non-medical services to improve health outcomes for patients with #diabetes in this episode of the @ADCESdiabetes podcast, The Huddle.

Learn more here:
https://t.co/l8x96X2MQK

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Co-Directors @DrMonicaPeek & @MarshallChinMD are featured in the latest episode of the @ADCESdiabetes
podcast, The Huddle!

In this ep, they discuss our initiative & grantees, improving #diabetes care, and future opportunities to advance #healthequity.

https://t.co/l8x96X2MQK

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On this episode of The Huddle, Drs. Marshall Chin and Monica Peek, internal medicine physicians at the University of Chicago, discuss a national initiative to address health disparities in diabetes care called Bridging the Gap. Listen now at https://t.co/qTCveIE5aC.

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Check out @ADCESdiabetes podcast The Huddle episode "Bridging the Gap - Addressing Disparities in Health Systems." Thanks Kirsten Yehl for interviewing @DrMonicaPeek and I about integrating medical and social care to advance diabetes equity. @diabetesgap https://t.co/RQflutWwBm

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Read how @SIExchange worked with @diabetes gap grantees to create financial sustainability plans here: https://t.co/pWEwuIy70x

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Learn how @MplsHealthDept & CHW Solutions utilized #Medicaid reimbursement to connect patients with #diabetes to #CHWs.
More here: https://t.co/4INaxaxxd4

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Learn about @TrentonHealth Capital City Diabetes Collaborative's model for public health-focused partnerships here: https://t.co/n399tnz8Vo

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Read how @UPMC Western Maryland developed a care management center to support high-risk patients with chronic conditions here: https://t.co/HAJlb0EyeX

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Discover how The Diabetes Collective Impact Initiative created a comprehensive, multi-sector intervention to meet the needs of their patients.
More here: https://t.co/QrcshZ1npY

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From interviews, the staff at @UPMC Western Maryland identified three key benefits of team-based care.
More here: https://t.co/MIKDXij2B7

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St. Mary’s Health & Clearwater Valley Health integrated #CHWs at @IdahoFoodbank distribution sites to address #foodinsecurity in rural Idaho.

Learn how the #CHW program improved trust here:
https://t.co/KDuhxUrO3y

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Let's look at how Providence Community Teaching Kitchen addressed poverty and food insecurity for patients with chronic needs.

Read here https://t.co/ofaTJyBZmJ

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How did St. Mary's Health and Clearwarter Valley Health improve HbA1c outcomes? Find out here: https://t.co/rVxt3cYZX4

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Read more about how 8 @diabetesgap grantees integrated medical and social care models for diabetes care here: https://t.co/6yAVdbJX7H

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Learn more about the work of @diabetesgap here: https://t.co/dOfwY96QRm

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Although #social needs screening can be conducted in many ways, it is important to determine the patients to be screened, where & how to screen, and what tools can facilitate your efforts.

Read how the @diabetesgap grantees screened their patients here: https://t.co/6331599Hm1

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Screening for #social and #medical needs can potentially improve health outcomes and reduce costs by identifying and addressing unmet needs.

Learn how the 8 grantees of @diabetesgap screened for social and medical needs at: https://t.co/6331599Hm1