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MHI 561
Telehealth strategic planning
12/15/2022
Introduction

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Americans under the age of 20, around 283,000, will have had a diabetes diagnosis as of
July 2022. American youths, around 18,200, were diagnosed with type I diabetes and around
5,800 have been diagnosed with type II diabetes between 2014 and 2015, according to reports
(ADA, 2022). The root cause of Diabetes is when the body is not producing enough insulin,
which is a severe long term condition. The body cannot convert blood sugar into energy and this
results in high blood sugar levels. The three main groups are diabetes type I, diabetes type II,
and gestational diabetes
An autoimmune disorder, type I diabetes typically manifests in infancy and childhood.
This type cannot be avoided and is thought to be brought on by an autoimmune reaction. Type I
diabetes patients frequently experience rapid onset of symptoms and require daily insulin
injections to survive (CDC, 2022).
Type II diabetes typically occurs in adults and develops over several years. However, the
rate at which type II diabetes is diagnosed in children, adolescents, and adults is gradually rising.
Most of the time, this kind of chronic condition is caused by one's lifestyle. It can be avoided by
making healthy changes like weight loss, healthy diet, and physical activity (CDC, 2022).
Pregnant women without diabetes prior to birth can develop gestational diabetes. Once
the birth has occurred gestational diabetes typically disappears. Notwithstanding, it expands the
lady's gamble and the child's gamble for creating type II diabetes in later years (CDC, 2022).
Depending on the person's blood sugar level, diabetes can cause a variety of symptoms. There
may be people with type II diabetes who don't show any symptoms. On the other hand, people
who have type I diabetes typically experience more severe and rapid onset of symptoms.
Increased dehydration, weight loss, urination, mood swings, and other symptoms are all signs of
type I and type II diabetes. Long-term complications of diabetes include nerve damage, heart

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disease, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, and others (Mayo Clinic, 2022).
The telehealth system that will be implemented into the system is an app and computer
program that collects the information of the patients with diabetes in Philadelphia. The
relationship between a patient's diabetes metrics and their food sources will be the primary focus.
A health program which focuses on patient social determinants of health and diabetes metrics
will be proposed by the team to be implemented in partnership with PCP offices in the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, region. Which then will be transformed into a phone and computer
application. The study's conclusions will be based on both qualitative and quantitative metrics.
Engagement:
Because of the characteristics of the disease, there is a strong connection between food
and diabetes. As a result, these organizations that treat diabetes need to know that food access
can affect the patients in these communities, in which they serve. The United States Department
of Agriculture states that food insecurity is the inability to obtain sufficient food for an active and
healthy life. In light of its relationship with unfavorable social and wellbeing results, food frailty
is a serious general wellbeing worry that gets from joblessness, neediness, and pay shocks, which
can forestall satisfactory admittance to food, in any case, the overall commitment it needs to