Nov
21
Put Diabetes Prevention to Work: A Healthier Workforce Starts Here
A trained Healm Guide from the APhA Foundation will discuss type 2 diabetes prevention efforts in the workforce and how public health leaders and employers can work together to prevent type 2 diabetes during this one-hour webinar. We will discuss the impact prediabetes and type 2 diabetes have on your employees’ health and explore the benefits of offering the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program as a covered benefit for your employees.
Discover ways Healm, a free online platform developed with and for employers to help you make informed decisions about providing the National DPP lifestyle change program as a covered benefit to your employees, can support you in designing a diabetes prevention strategy in your workforce—thus reducing diabetes-related costs and helping improve health and wellness for your employees.
About The Presenter
Nicole Scovis is a Doctor of Pharmacy and Owner of Clinical Pharmacy Innovation Services, LLC. She works as a pharmacist consultant with government agencies, non-profit organizations, medical clinics, hospitals, and community-based organizations and serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. Dr. Scovis works to improve the health of people in Arizona and nationally through pharmacist-led initiatives for diabetes prevention and treatment. In addition to diabetes-focused work, Dr. Scovis also works to incorporate pharmacists into the prevention and treatment of many chronic medical conditions including heart disease, obesity, cancer and infection.
