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Conducted by the APhA Foundation with support from GlaxoSmithKline, the Diabetes Ten City Challenge establishes a voluntary employee health benefit, provides incentives through waived co-pays for diabetes medications and supplies, and helps people manage their diabetes with help from a pharmacist "coach" in collaboration with physicians and diabetes educators.
More than 30 employers have joined forces with local pharmacists to help people with diabetes improve their health through the DTCC in the following cities:
The Diabetes Ten City Challenge is modeled after other highly successful programs, including the Asheville Project in North Carolina, a diabetes management program started in 1997 that has proven to improve overall health, reduce absenteeism, shorten hospital stays and reduce health care costs. The Diabetes Ten City Challenge is the first-ever national pilot seeking to prove this model can be used effectively anywhere in the country.
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