Important COVID-19 Notice
1 in 3 adults has prediabetes.
It's time to take a stand.
TAKE THE PLEDGE
You can flip the script on type 2.
One goal: DiabetesFreeNC
Through the statewide initiative - DiabetesFreeNC - your patients with prediabetes can attend a National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle change program with free or low cost options regardless of their insurance provider. This comprehensive program is designed to help your patients make healthy, sustainable lifestyle choices.
Through the statewide initiative - DiabetesFreeNC - your patients with prediabetes can attend a National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle change program with free or low cost options regardless of their insurance provider. This comprehensive program is designed to help your patients make healthy, sustainable lifestyle choices.
PREVENTING DIABETES STARTS HERE
1.
Identify patients with prediabetes.
2.
Discuss treatment options.
3.
Refer eligible patients to a National DPP lifestyle change program.
Join us at an event!
Attend one of these upcoming events to learn more about how you can help prevent diabetes in North Carolina.
Join the movement
of clinicians
already taking a stand.
It’s time for a healthier North Carolina.
TAKE THE PLEDGE
Stay in the know
Press Release: NCMS, AMA partner to prevent type 2 diabetes
Read about the collaboration between the North Carolina Medical Society and American Medical Association to support health care professionals in preventing diabetes.
KIPL Power Hour: Lifestyle Medicine
Check out our disucssion on using lifestyle medicine for the treatment and reversal of chronic disease.
Video: Prediabetes Identification and Management
Hear how you can use data in the EHR to identify patients with prediabetes and manage them with an effective treatment plan.
Video: The Case for Diabetes Prevention
Learn about the prevalence of prediabetes and how you can help your patients prevent type 2 diabetes.
Video: Diabetes Prevention Program
Discover benefits of the Diabetes Prevention Program and the DiabetesFreeNC initiative in North Carolina.
AMANews: Amid pandemic, diabetes prevention goes virtual in North Carolina
Read about NC’s lifestyle change programs that can help patients prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The COVID-19 pandemic initially suspended some diabetes prevention programs, but now they are available virtually.
AMANews: How to successfully offer diabetes prevention at a distance
Read how Vidant Health has paved the path to provide prediabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic through a pivot to distance learning for their diabetes prevention programs.
Physician Testimonial: Karen Smith, MD
“The Diabetes Prevention Program is an opportunity for us to make a difference in our communities and have an impact on the daily care of our patients.”
Contact us
If you would like to learn more on how you can help champion efforts to make
North Carolina diabetes free, email:
Franklin Walker, MBA at fwalker@ncmedsoc.org
OR
ReversePrediabetesNC@ama-assn.org
This information is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of a physician; it offers no diagnoses or prescription. No endorsement is implied or intended by the American Medical Association or the North Carolina Medical Association of any third-party organization, product, drug, or service. Adherence to a lifestyle change program may not achieve desired diabetes results in every situation. The ultimate judgment regarding the appropriateness of any specific therapy must be made by the physician and the patient in light of all the clinical factors. The patient should check with their insurance provider for exact lifestyle change program costs and/or rates.
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