IMPROVING DIABETES CARE FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN HUNTINGTON, WV
Marshall University is working to establish a system that fosters collaboration between local health clinics and community resources to better serve people with diabetes from rural communities in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio who have limited access to care.
The program is implementing a sustainable care coordination model that includes CHWs on the care team who conduct home visits and connect people with diabetes to community services that address the social determinants of health. The University is also exploring, with the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard University, options for financing this model in a sustainable way.