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To expand care and enhance education for patients with diabetes or at risk for diabetes, BWH and Joslin Diabetes Center began a collaboration in March that enables BWH care providers and leaders the opportunity to design, develop and implement new comprehensive clinical diabetes programs.
“Joslin is among the world’s finest institutions focused solely on diabetes care, education and inspired research that translates into improved patient care outcomes,” said Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, BWH chair of the Department of Medicine.
Nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population has or may soon develop diabetes. Among subsets of BWH patients, the proportion of patients with diabetes is much higher, sometimes reaching more than 30 percent. “This public health challenge creates an imperative for us to advance our outreach and diabetes patient care programs,” Loscalzo said.
BWH already has been providing excellent diabetes care to patients through both the BWH Diabetes Management Service and by the faculty of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension. The Joslin collaboration will help providers develop and implement new programs.
Dale Adler, MD, executive vice chair of the Department of Medicine, Ursula Kaiser, MD, chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, and David McCready, executive administrator of the Department of Medicine, will lead the collaboration with Joslin, initially focusing on cardiovascular outpatients in the Shapiro Watkins Clinic. In time, the program is expected to expand to reach primary care physicians and beyond.