National Action
The South Texas Diabetes Initiative is a community-driven effort to improve patient health outcomes and lower costs for the entire health system through appropriate diabetes management in South Texas (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties in Texas). This network of healthcare professionals, business leaders, government officials and patients are dedicated to finding solutions to today’s complex diabetes problems in the South Texas community.
In our quest to improve health outcomes and decrease costs across the nation, the Diabetes Care Project is proud to be a founding member of this Initiative and support the South Texas community’s commitment to proactive and personalized diabetes care. The South Texas Diabetes Initiative is the first in a planned series of community-based programs designed to transform the state of diabetes care nationally.
Visit the South Texas Diabetes Initiative website to learn more about diabetes in South Texas and the exciting changes the community is embarking upon.
Did You Know?
Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people without diabetes of similar age.1