Improving Workplace Wellness for Diabetic Patients—A Unique Solution

Improving Workplace Wellness for Diabetic Patients-A Unique Solution
NutriTutor.com has rolled out a unique service that helps corporate wellness companies to bridge the gap for their patients with type 2 diabetes.
Wellness programs help employees across America to reduce sick time, lower healthcare costs, and improve health through diabetes prevention. Using health risk assessments, blood testing, education programs, one-on-one coaching and exercise, companies are helping people to prevent diabetes. Employees who already have diabetes, many of whom are on an accelerated course toward body-wide destruction, are underserved by these strategies. According to the National Institutes of Health, diabetes treatment costs the U.S. a total of $174 billion annually; $58 billion of which includes indirect costs such as disability payments, lost productivity, and premature death.*
Type 2 diabetes is a multi-faceted disease requiring layers of interconnecting treatment strategies, the synthesis of which provides patients with the knowledge and tools they need to properly manage their disease and to prevent disease advancement. Diabetes self-management training provides the ten hours of education needed to supply that life-saving knowledge.
Thanks to online technology, diabetes self-management training has now become available on the internet using NutriTutor.com. Unlike traditional classes, online learning is reasonably priced and allows for group price reductions. Employees seamlessly access their training through a customized portal on the wellness company's own website, experiencing the ultimate in educational convenience.
NutriTutor® diabetes programs are written by credentialed clinicians and follow the American Association of Diabetes Educators guidelines for the treatment of pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. NutriTutor® programs are unique in that they are patient-centered and brimming with interactive skill practice, thereby improving self-reliance and the sense of personal empowerment. Learners acquire customized carbohydrate-controlled weight loss plans, a downloadable manual, and long-term social support. NutriTutor® diabetes self-management programs help workplace wellness companies to improve diabetes outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and strengthen their client base while also positioning themselves ahead of the competition.
Learn more by visiting http://www.nutritutor.com/index.cfm?action=Physician
* National Diabetes Education Program. US Department of Health and Human Services. January, 2011. http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes-facts/index.aspx