Improving Limited English Proficiency Patients’ Management of Diabetes
Grantee: Haborview Medical Center
Timeframe: July 2014 – June 2017 | Total Amount: $466,079
Year 1: July 2014 – June 2015. Amount: $146,079
Year 2: July 2015 – June 2016. Amount: $160,000
Year 3: July 2016 – June 2017. Amount: $160,000
The Improving Limited English Proficiency Patients’ Management of Diabetes program combines a community health worker/ navigator model with our cultural mediator approach to support Spanish and Somali-speaking patients in managing their diabetes. The program’s bilingual navigator/ educator/ coach for each language group will work with the patient and their health care team to ensure that each patient’s treatment plan is culturally tailored and grounded within the individual’s context.
About Our Grantee
Haborview Medical Center
Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive health-care facility dedicated to the control of illness and the promotion and restoration of health. Its primary mission is to provide and teach exemplary patient care and to provide health care for those patients King County is obligated to serve.
Major Grant
Completed
