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Role reversal: Physician participates in diabetes prevention program

For an internist in Ann Arbor, Michigan, participating in a diabetes prevention program has helped him further the conversation about prediabetes. Learn more.

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7 steps patients should follow to reduce, manage chronic disease

Conditions such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes are not inevitable. Learn about “life’s simple seven” steps patients should take to prevent chronic disease.

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How your care team can master the prediabetes conversation

Awareness and timely action can prevent progression to type 2 diabetes. Know the answers to these questions to have effective patient talks about prediabetes and prevention.

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This point-of-care model can boost diabetes prevention referrals

Prompting Medicare patients to seek diabetes prevention help is aided by the right clinical tool and physician encouragement. 

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Trinity Health’s Kevin Taylor, MD
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How a massive health system prioritizes chronic disease prevention

Michigan-based Trinity Health sees a huge opportunity to control BP and prevent type 2 diabetes with expert resources and guidance from the AMA.

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Use the EHR to help your Medicare patients with prediabetes

Download the Optimize your EHR to prevent type 2 diabetes PDF—patient registries created with EHRs make it possible to efficiently identify patients with prediabetes and refer them for needed preventive care. 

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6 lifestyle changes patients with obesity, prediabetes should make

Lifestyle changes can help patients with obesity and prediabetes. Here are some changes patients can make to reverse prediabetes.

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This physician gets a leg up on diabetes prevention referral

Learn how a San Francisco private practice physician takes advantage of an innovative referral system of lifestyle coaches.

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Diabetes prevention message not getting through? What you can do

More than a quarter of adults eligible for a diabetes prevention program express interest in participating, but few are being referred.

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