Becker's Healthcare July 24, 2019
NYC Health + Hospitals unveiled July 24 its primary-care centered diabetes management program, which will enhance care for more than 60,000 New York City residents with diabetes through increased clinical pharmacy staff, telehealth technology and mobile-based health monitoring apps.
Through the program, diabetes patients who receive care in the city’s public hospitals and community health centers will have access to 20 new clinical pharmacists, who will be added to the public health system by the end of 2020.
Primary care sites across the city will also begin offering teleretinal screenings as part of a routine primary care visit for patients with diabetes rather than having to schedule a separate ophthalmology appointment. The telehealth-powered eye-screening program will be implemented in late...
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