1. Dedicated to Addressing Diabetes
The continuing impact of diabetes on health care in this country is something I’m sure you know by now. We at Sanofi are dedicated to addressing diabetes with key diabetes-care stakeholders, including you and your group.
Today, I appreciate the opportunity to introduce our healthFORWARD resources.
Dedicated to Addressing Diabetes
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2. Today’s Presentation Update on the impact of diabetes on patients
How to enhance diabetes management
Introduce healthFORWARD in terms of its focus, objectives, resources, and benefits
Getting started with healthFORWARD
In today’s presentation, I’d like to provide you with:
• An update on the impact of diabetes on patients
• Ways to enhance diabetes management
• An introduction to healthFORWARD in terms of its focus, objectives,
resources, and benefits
• How to get started with healthFORWARD 2

3. with Diabetes = 29.1 million or 9.3%
The Impact of Diabetes
US Population
with Diabetes = 29.1 million or 9.3%
Conditions and Complications Among People Diagnosed
Hypoglycemic Crises Hyperglycemic Crises
282,000 ER cases of adults • 175,000 ER visits
High Blood Pressure High LDL Cholesterol
71% ≥140/90 • 65% had blood LDL cholesterol ≥100 mg/dL
Blindness and Eye Problems
4.2 million (28.5%) of adults ≥40 years had diabetic retinopathy
655,000 (4.4%) of adults ≥40 years had advanced diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to severe vision loss
Kidney Disease
49,677 people of all ages began treatment for kidney failure due to diabetes
The impact of diabetes is among the most serious health care issues faced today. The National Diabetes Statistics Report compiled from the National Health Interview Survey indicates the following:
29.1 million or 9.3% of the US population have diabetes: 21.0 million are diagnosed; 8.1 million are undiagnosed
Diabetes can affect many parts of the body and is associated with serious complications. Early detection and treatment of complications can prevent progression, so monitoring with eye exams, urine tests, and foot exams is essential.
Hypoglycemia Crises: 282,000 ER cases of adults aged 18 or older were admitted with hypoglycemia being the first-listed diagnosis
Hyperglycemia Crises: 175,000 ER visits for people of all ages having hyperglycemic crisis (eg, diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state as first-listed diagnosis)
High Blood Pressure: 71% ≥140/90 (adults aged 18 or older diagnosed with diabetes or taking blood pressure medication to lower)
High LDL Cholesterol: 65% had blood LDL cholesterol ≥100 mg/dL (adults over age 18 diagnosed with diabetes or using cholesterol-lowering medication)
Blindness and Eye Problems: 4.2 million (28.5%) of adults 40 years or older had diabetic retinopathy, which may result in loss of vision; 655,000 (4.4%) of adults ≥40 years were diagnosed with severe vision loss from advanced diabetic retionopathy
Kidney Disease: 49,677 people of all ages began treatment for kidney failure due to diabetes; 44% new cases since 2011; 228,924 people of all ages with kidney failure due to diabetes were living on chronic dialysis or with a kidney transplant
Additional information can be found in the National Diabetes Report, 2014
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report: Estimates of Diabetes and Its Burden in the United States, Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2014.
Source: CDC. National Diabetes Statistics Report: Estimates of Diabetes and Its Burden in the United States, Atlanta, GA: US Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2014

4. Enhancing Diabetes Management
Diabetes can be treated and managed
Patient education and self-care practices are important
Help patients with diabetes by focusing on:
Healthy eating
Being active
Adhering to medications
Coping skills
Monitoring blood glucose
Diabetes can be treated and managed by healthy eating, regular physical activity, and medications to lower blood glucose levels. Diabetes management reduces cardiovascular disease risk factors (high blood pressure, high lipid levels, and tobacco use)
Patient education and self-care practices are important aspects of disease management and assist in helping the patient stay healthy
Patient self-management education should focus on self-care behaviors that include healthy eating, being active, adhering to medications, learning to cope with diabetes, and monitoring blood glucose
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report: Estimates of Diabetes and Its Burden in the United States, Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2014.
Source: CDC. National Diabetes Statistics Report: Estimates of Diabetes and Its Burden in the United States, Atlanta, GA: US Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2014 4

5. Introducing healthFORWARD Diabetes Resources
Addressing needs
Raising awareness
Encouraging involvement
Engaging patients
Offering innovative resources
Introducing healthFORWARD Diabetes resources — provided for patients, staff, pharmacists, and providers — makes it easy to match appropriate resources as initiatives for various audiences.
This program can help meet important communications needs by:
• Addressing the roles, responsibilities, and needs of patients, staff, pharmacists,
and providers at appropriate communication levels
• Raising diabetes awareness
• Encouraging involvement and interaction
• Engaging patients and families in diabetes recognition and management
• Offering a range of innovative, unbranded diabetes resources
Remember, a wide range of healthFORWARD program resources are available
• You can select, access, reproduce, and distribute any and all resources 5

6. healthFORWARD Implementation Components Overview
Program Overview
Resource Index
Facilitator’s Handbook
In-Service Program
Special Event
Quality-Improvement Forms
Facilitator’s Handbook
Let’s now take a look at healthFORWARD Diabetes by key resources. First, Program Overview Resources are for your ongoing planning and reference and include:
• A Program Overview
A summary of the current health care impact of diabetes
A Resource Index that lists all resources and their intended audiences
A description of the features and benefits of each program resource
A step-by-step plan for starting your own program
• A Facilitator Handbook that includes:
Implementing a systematic approach to diabetes
How a facility’s diabetes-intervention program can be adapted to a quality-improvement initiative
How to engage the interdisciplinary team
Patient targeting
Diabetes-management planning
Suggestions for an in-service program and a family event
• Quality-Improvement forms for staff use

7. Taking Care of Your Diabetes Special Event
Banner
Slide Presentation
Invitation Template
Certificates
Evaluation Form
Taking Care of Your Diabetes Special Event
Facility events for patients and their families can help build awareness of diabetes and its complications. Information provided at such events can also help promote early recognition of diabetes and engage patients and their families in diabetes management.
This healthFORWARD program includes materials that enable you to organize and produce events of any scope:
• An informative and colorful slide presentation designed to help patients
and families manage diabetes
• A facilitator’s guide that provides a complete introduction to the family
event materials, with step-by-step instructions on conducting successful
family events
• Banner templates to promote the event
• Invitation/Poster template can be customized to include announcement location,
date, and time
• A certificate template is included so you can print certificates to help retain
attendee interest and ongoing involvement
• An evaluation form can be completed by patients and then discussed
with their health care providers
We also have other resources available for patients and their families.

8. Patient Resources Blood Sugar Diary Nutrition Know-How
Be Active For a Healthier You
Living a Healthier Life
Self-Management Instructions
Oral Medications
Myths and Facts About Diabetes
Taking Your Medicine
So You Need to Take Insulin
These include the following:
• Blood Sugar Diary helps track blood sugar
• Nutrition Know-How helps explain the benefits of healthy eating
• Be Active For a Healthier You explains the benefits of exercise
and gives tips for being more active
• Living a Healthier Life covers a wide range of important topics
addressing concerns and providing helpful education on topics such as
types of diabetes, diabetes medication, blood sugar levels, healthy eating, exercise, and more
• Self-Management Instructions to give to patients and their families for
follow-up reminders about checking blood sugar, when to call the doctor,
current medications, exams and shots
• Oral Medications
– Myths and Facts About Diabetes separates myth from fact about diabetes medication
– Taking Your Medicine oral medications, injections, or combination therapies may be prescribed to help control blood suger
• So You Need to Take Insulin helps explain important things to
know about taking insulin, why oral antidiabetic pills may no longer be enough to control your blood sugar, and the benefits
and risks associated with taking insulin
That’s a look at all the components you’ll find in the healthFORWARD Diabetes Program. Now I’d like to tell you how easy it is to put these components to work for you.

9. Getting Started Familiarize yourself with the program resources
Select the appropriate resources to incorporate into your current program
Update your current policies and procedures
Distribute template letters to announce the initiative
Schedule programs
Schedule a family event for patients and their families
Plan to audit and review changes to program
To get started, familiarize yourself with the program’s resources:
Read the Program Overview booklet for highlights of the program and its major resources
Review the program resources
Then:
Select appropriate resources to incorporate into your current diabetes-management program
You may also want to update your current policies and procedures to reflect incorporation of selected resources
Access selected resources for reproduction and distribution
Personalize and distribute the template letters to announce your diabetes-management initiative to attending physicians and staff
Schedule a diabetes program
Schedule a diabetes family event for patients and their families
You may also want to plan to audit and review changes made to your diabetes-management program

10. healthFORWARD Benefits
Improve awareness and recognition of diabetes
Engage in day-to-day management of diabetes
Motivate patients to adhere to appropriate treatment regimens
Help reduce medical costs for appropriate patients
Enhance your ongoing quality-management process
I hope you now have a fuller understanding of the many features, resources, and benefits available to you through healthFORWARD Diabetes.
Using these resources can help:
Improve awareness and recognition of diabetes
Engage in day-to-day management of diabetes
Motivate patients to adhere to appropriate treatment regimens
Help reduce medical costs for appropriate patients
Enhance your ongoing quality-management process
This healthFORWARD program can support and enhance your existing diabetes-management initiatives.

11. Thank you!
I hope we can work together to put healthFORWARD Diabetes to work for you and those involved in diabetes care.
Thank you!