Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care (Bridging the Gap) aims to improve access to high-quality diabetes care and reduce disparities in health outcomes among vulnerable and underserved populations with type 2 diabetes in the United States. Bridging the Gap aims to:
- Build sustainable partnerships between the health care sector and other sectors to address the medical and social factors that influence health
- Redesign health care systems, particularly primary care, to improve the delivery of diabetes care for vulnerable and underserved populations
- Improve health outcomes for individuals with type 2 diabetes through measures such as better glucose and lipid control
- Disseminate key findings and lessons learned to advance cross-sector approaches that improve population health and reduce diabetes disparities