Beacon Communities Improve Diabetes Care
Right now, one in ten U.S. adults has diabetes. If trends keep heading the way CDC expects, that figure will be one in three adults by 2050.
Health IT will be extremely beneficial for modernizing health care communications between doctors, nurses, and patients, and will disproportionately benefit patients with diabetes.
Diabetics see primary care physicians for overall management of the disease. They see ophthalmologists for necessary eye exams and podiatrists for necessary foot exams – both to avoid costly and invasive complications that can arise without careful management of the disease. Patients with diabetes also frequent pharmacies, see other specialists, and occasionally end up in the hospital
Jeanie Berg eQHealth MNA Nov 3 2010
For more information on achieving meaningful use visit eQHealth Solutions blog at eqhssmarterhealthcare.org Jeanie Berg eQHealth MNA Nov 3 2010
Alex Nason Afternoon Keynote Address Nov 3 2010
Alex Nason Afternoon Keynote Address Nov 3 2010
Doug Campbell, MD Panel Presentation Nov 3 2010
Doug Campbell MD Panel Presentation Nov 3 2010
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DHA Partners
Core Partners Delta Council Delta Council is an area economic development organization representing the eighteen Delta and part-Delta counties of Northwest Mississippi. It was organized in 1935 by a group of agricultural, business, and professional leadership of the area in an effort to work together to solve common problems and promote the development of the [...]
Managing Your Medication
MISSISSIPPI DELTA – In a region of America where money for healthcare is tight and diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are as common as cotton fields in the summer, patients here always ask the same two questions: “Am I getting the right medicine to make me feel better?” “Can I afford the medicine I [...]
