Diabetes Management: A Case Study to Drive National Policy Change in Primary Care Settings.

Despite medical advances, diabetes management remains a considerable challenge in the United States, with little to no improvement in patient outcomes and stark disparities in underserved communities. One acute challenge is that, as the US population with diabetes grows steadily-numbering 38.4 million people today-there are too few endocrinologists available to treat the disease and the burdens on primary care professionals, who treat more than 90% of cases currently, are staggering.