Over 20 million Americans have diabetes, and an additional 77 million Americans are “pre-diabetics.” Moreover, the prevalence of the disease has more than doubled since the 1980s and is expected to affect 39 million Americans by 2050. More and more organizations are seeing positive results in improving diabetes care coordination through the use of medical homes.
This week’s Disease Management Update takes a look at a possible cure for Type 2 diabetes, as well as what the National Institute of Health and the University of Alabama Birmingham are doing to treat, prevent and potentially cure the disease.
