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free diabetes apps: a little technology can go a long way in managing diabetes
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fectively managing diabetes takes some work. Having diabetes means keeping track of lots of information, including blood sugar readings, medications, diet, and exercise. While it can certainly be recorded the old-fashioned way with pencil and paper, a smart phone app or two may be able to simplify their lives by giving them a place to log data, see patterns, set goals, and track progress.
Quality Insights developed a handy resource that you can distribute to your patients which includes a list of free diabetes management apps that are on the market now. These apps can installed on both Android and Apple phones.
Download the Free Diabetes Apps handout here.
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walk for a cause: sign up to participate in an upcoming walk to support diabetes prevention and research
 Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes
Participating in the Step Out Walk is an experience you will never forget. You will be joining you community members who share your passion to fight diabetes. You will be helping people in your own community who live with this disease everyday.
Participate in the walk planned for
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to show your commitment to diabetes prevention.
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Each year, JDRF One Walk brings together more than 900,000 people across the country to change the future for everyone living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). This fun, family-friendly event gives people with T1D, their loved ones, companies and the local community the opportunity to come together, create change and positively impact lives of those living with T1D.
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type1 diabetes research. Visit the Events Calendar on the
JDRFwebsite
for several upcoming fundraising events scheduled in Delaware, including:
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Killens Pond State Park,
5025 Killens Pond Road, Felton, DE 19943
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Rockford Park,
Park Drive,
Wilmington, DE 19806
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reliable websites: Online Guidance Helps Patients with Diabetes
 Quality Insights recommends the following resources to help patients with diabetes better manage their chronic disease.
- Delaware Diabetes Coalition: The Delaware Diabetes Coalition offers a comprehensive Resource Guide for Persons with Diabetes. Share this information with your patients by adding a link to the Coalition's website on your practice website.
- Good Rx: This website helps patients find the best price for medications by entering the name of the medication, the dose, and their zip code.
- CDC's Living with Diabetes: This resource offers patient-friendly information about staying healthy, eating well, getting active, preventing complications, and more. A Spanish version is available.
- American Association of Diabetes Educators: This website offers tip sheets and handouts for people living with diabetes, including self-care behaviors, lifestyle resources, blood glucose monitoring, and medication taking. Spanish language resources are also available
- Dining with Diabetes: Offered by the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Service, this program teaches individuals with diabetes or prediabetes strategies such as menu planning, carb counting, portion control, and label reading. Classes are held throughout the state.
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number NU58DP2018006563 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publication number: DEDPH-HD-090619
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