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Telehealth And Its Impact On The Management Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Melissa N. Toulios May 2023

Telehealth And Its Impact On The Management Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Melissa N. Toulios

Evidence-Based Practice Project Reports

Diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) is a growing epidemic that affects millions of people throughout the world. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has created many new challenges, including access to health care for treatment of chronic diseases, such as diabetes (Robson & Hosseinzadeh, 2021). Telehealth has offered a promising approach to improve the management of diabetes(Bellman, 2021). People with diabetes are less likely to manage their diabetes through the usual care because of risk of contracting COVID-19 (CDC, 2022). The purpose of this EBP project was to evaluate the effectiveness of T2DM management through a telehealth approach. This project has addressed …