Hello all… I did a search on tudiabetes for the Asheville Project and did not find anything so I wanted to make sure I introduced this concept to the community if no one has heard about it. This is worth a read in how Asheville NC shifted diabetic care to area pharmacists to serve as “coaches” on a monthly basis. The results are very impressive.
Here is a link to the site: http://www.aphafoundation.org/programs/Asheville_Project/
Joe,
I just watched a video on DLife about this project. From what I from what I understand, if you are a city employee you are teamed with a pharmacist and all your diabetes meds/supplies are provided free of charge. It was very exciting. Other companies are also following this concept. I’ll see if I can find the video on DLife and post the link here.
That would be great! Thank you…
that video is so encouraging… I hope more employers look into this. All it takes is one person within a company to ask the question to HR to get the ball rolling.
I would like to find a list of the 40 other companies and municipalities that have adopted the “Asheville Project”
Here is a start:
Mohawk Industries Inc. Dublin GA
VF Corporation, Greensboro and Wilson NC
Lakeshore Business Coalition, Manitowoc WIS
Kroger, Columbus OH
Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Here is a PDF on HOW to replicate the Asheville market anywhere… that is where I got these names…