The 2020 National Diabetes Statistics Report has indicated that 34.2 million people, or 10.5% of the U.S. population, have diabetes.

The Diabetes and Social Determinants of Health Progression focuses on patients with diabetes and the impact that social determinants of health (SDOH) has on their overall care. Your pharmacy team can make a positive impact on the quality of life for your patients with diabetes through optimizing medication regimens and assisting with lifestyle changes. In turn, this makes a difference to payers and the cost of diabetes to the health care system. The progression aims to equip pharmacy staff members to identify and to close care gaps that are listed as standards of care in guidelines. The progression provides steps on how to document throughout the patient care process and implement opportunities to generate revenue related to diabetes services (e.g., immunizations, Diabetes Prevention Program, Diabetes Self-Management Education). One example of a step-wise approach to implementing these services is a diabetes checklist to assist with patient assessment and education of treatment goals, such as A1c and blood glucose measurements. The progression also provides information to identify SDOH in patients (e.g. food security, house stability, transportation access, financial stability) and reviews ways to address SDOH during the workflow process.

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Source: Population Health and Social Determinants of Health in Diabetes Management