These can result from uncontrolled diabetes. Well, it doesn't have to be. Although diabetes is a serious condition, it is manageable with diet, exercise and medication. Sometimes medication may not even be necessary.
Awareness is the key to living an active, normal life with diabetes.
Through regular reports from pharmacists and nurses, physicians were able to monitor how well program participants were managing the disease. Recent HMSA statistics show there's been an increase in eye-exam visits among participants. This tells us the program is working. That's good, but not good enough, because only people who enrolled in the program received this follow-up care. HMSA and Health Plan Hawaii diabetes patients.