>> Diabetes is the seventh leading cause
of death in the United States.
In the last 20 years,
the number of adults diagnosed with
diabetes have more than doubled.
>> One in three Marylanders have pre-diabetes,
and nearly 80 percent of them don't even know they have it.
>> One in 10 Marylanders have
diabetes and 20 percent of them don't know it.
>> People who have diabetes are at
higher risk of having serious complications.
Those complications include kidney failure,
stroke, heart disease and blindness.
>> If you have pre-diabetes,
losing weight by eating healthy and being more
active can cut your risk for type 2 diabetes in half.
>> Here at Johns Hopkins,
we have two programs that will help tackle this issue.
>> We are delighted to announce
the expansion of our diabetes services with
the new Johns Hopkins Medicine
diabetes prevention and education program.
>> Funded by the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission,
this initiative was formed to bring together
the Johns Hopkins Health System
and the University of Maryland Medical Center
to address the epidemics of prediabetes and diabetes.
>> Our new Johns Hopkins Medicine
diabetes prevention and education program addresses
diabetes prevention and management for Marylanders with
a high prevalence of risk factors
and social determinant challenges.
With this new initiative,
we are scaling up the two programs
that historically had been housed on
the Johns Hopkins Hospital campus to make
them accessible across our entire health system,
whether at Johns Hopkins community physician sites or
academic medical centers or our community hospitals.
We know that at least half of our adult patients are
likely to be eligible for one of these two programs.
>> What is the Diabetes Prevention Program?
The Diabetes Prevention Program or the
DPP is a 12-month long lifestyle change program.
It's really designed to prevent diabetes and has
been shown to do this in multiple clinical trials.
The program focuses on healthy nutrition,
physical activity, and weight loss,
at least five percent over 12 months.
>> The DSMT or
diabetes self-management training is
a standard of care for all patients with diabetes.
This is an evidence-based intervention
that really improves outcomes.
It's been shown to lower A1c levels,
improve blood pressure and cholesterol control,
improve medication adherence,
increase patient's confidence and self-efficacy,
and keep patients healthy and out of the hospital.
This individualized training and support is delivered by
experts certified diabetes care and education specialists,
who work with patients to set goals and meet their unique needs.
>> In my internal medicine practice,
I often care for patients with diabetes or who are at risk for it.
The good news is that these programs have
definitively then shown to reduce
the risk of diabetes and its complications.
The better news is that
the new funding will help break down barriers so
that more patients can have
access to the care they need to improve their health.
>> One of the great things about
this initiative is that we're able to focus
the diabetes prevention program on
Baltimore City where the need is greatest.
>> Upgrades include more educators,
transportation, medically tailored meals,
podcasts and telehealth,
expanded footprint, and expanded locations.
Please share information about the JHM, DPEPs,
DSMT and DPP in your hospitals practices and
community and refer patients needing
assistance by using the provider toolkit.
Together, let's advance diabetes treatment to
a comprehensive and holistic program of prevention, education,
support and counseling that helps improve health outcomes for
Marylanders with and at risk for diabetes.
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