mHealth Strategy Improves Diabetes Outcomes Among Black, Latino Patients
mHealth Intelligence October 5, 2023
An intervention led by clinical pharmacists and health coaches using mHealth tools improved blood glucose levels among type 2 diabetes Black and Latino patients.
An mHealth intervention delivered by clinical pharmacists and health coaches helped improve blood glucose levels among Black and Latino adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study aimed to assess whether clinical pharmacists and health coaches using mHealth tools, such as telehealth and text messaging, could help improve hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels among Black and Latino populations with type 2 diabetes.
About 37.3 million people had diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes in 2019, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among...