The Diabetes Education Wellness (DEW) Clinic created by faculty and students of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPHS) at Wayne State University (WSU) has received a $5,000 CVS Caremark Community Grant.
The Community Grants Program was created by CVS Caremark as part of its commitment to building healthier communities. The grants support programs that are focused on providing health education and awareness. The support from CVS Caremark will help the Diabetes Education Wellness (DEW) Clinic continue to provide diabetes education to uninsured and underinsured women with type 2 diabetes at the Super All Year (S.A.Y.) Detroit Family Clinic.
The S.A. Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic, which was founded in 2008 by Mitch Albom in partnership with Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, is the first clinic in the nation dedicated to providing care for homeless children and their mothers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The DEW Clinic, which opened in January 2011, is an inter-professional, student-run, free clinic to enrich the educational experiences of WSU students, and expand access to services for S.A. Y. Detroit patients with type 2 diabetes. The DEW clinic is a collaboration among Pharmacy Practice, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Social Work and Dietetics and Nutrition programs.
According to Nancy Vandewiele Milligan, PhD, clinical fieldwork coordinator, Occupational Therapy, the funding provided by the CVS Caremark Community Grant will allow the clinic to continue to provide diabetes education and diabetes testing supplies. “Providing these resources enables patients to take an active role in the understanding and management of their diabetes. Without the DEW clinic there would be a lack of resources, an increased use of acute care services and a lack of patient empowerment.”
“As a pharmacy innovation company, we are committed to helping people on their path to better health and we believe that optimal community health starts with education and awareness,” said Eileen Howard Boone, senior vice president, Corporate Philanthropy & Sustainability, CVS Caremark. “We are proud to support the work that the Diabetes Education Wellness Clinic does in the community and we look forward to working with them in fulfilling their program’s mission.”
The Diabetes Education Wellness Clinic was selected to receive a grant through the CVS Caremark Community Grants 2013 application process. Grants were awarded to programs that raise awareness of important health issues, focus on chronic disease management and offer training and other tools that communities need to help them on their path to better health. The goal of the CVS Caremark Community Grants Program is to help build healthier communities.
The mission of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, is to advance the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners and, through research, to discover, evaluate, and implement improved models of practice and treatments in health care sciences and pharmacy.
CVS Caremark is dedicated to helping people on their path to better health as the largest integrated pharmacy company in the United States. Through the company's more than 7,500 CVS/pharmacy stores; its leading pharmacy benefit manager serving more than 60 million plan members; and its retail health clinic system, the largest in the nation with more than 600 MinuteClinic locations, it is a market leader in mail order, retail and specialty pharmacy, retail clinics, and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. As a pharmacy innovation company with an unmatched breadth of capabilities, CVS Caremark continually strives to improve health and lower costs by developing new approaches such as its unique Pharmacy Advisor program that helps people with chronic diseases such as diabetes obtain and stay on their medications. Find more information about how CVS Caremark is reinventing pharmacy for better health at info.cvscaremark.com.
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Media Contact: Nancy Vandewiele Milligan, PhD, OTRL
Phone: 313/577-5883
Email: nancyv-m@wayne.edu
