Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an exciting collaboration with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Patient Education Research Center at the Stanford University School of Medicine to increase the number of diabetes self-management training programs (DSMT) in the United States.
This collaboration has a particular focus on Hispanic people with Medicare and supports HHS’ Interagency Hispanic Elder Initiative. That initiative, launched in 2007 by the department’s Administration on Aging (AoA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), seeks to improve the health of Hispanic senior populations. The initiative has identified diabetes as a primary issue of concern for Hispanic seniors. READ FULL STORY
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