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This program removes barriers to care for the target population and teaches them self-management skills through free one-on-one home visits for 12 months by a registered nurse/community health worker team.
What is it?
This program removes barriers to care for the target population and teaches them self-management skills through free one-on-one home visits for 12 months by a registered nurse/community health worker team.
Who is it for?
Underserved adults with diabetes or heart failure in Kent County.
Why do they do it?
Michigan has been ranked the 13th worst state for cardiovascular disease mortality; an estimated 927,000 residents of the state have been diagnosed with diabetes and an additional 2 million have pre- or borderline diabetes.
Impact
After 12 months in the program, diabetic participants experienced a 57.4 percent emergency department (ED) utilization rate reduction and a 17.2 percent inpatient utilization rate reduction; heart failure participants experienced an 85.9 percent ED utilization rate reduction and an 88.5 percent inpatient utilization rate reduction.
Contact: Erin Inman
Director, Healthier Communities
Telephone: 616-486-6549
E-mail: erin.inman@spectrumhealth.org
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