In recognition of Diabetes Awareness month, Arche Healthcare wants to highlight the importance of taking a stand for diabetic foot health by proclaiming November 15 as LEAP Day. LEAP stands for Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention. Every day, hundreds of people struggle to adjust to life after a diabetes-related lower extremity amputation. LEAP Day shines a light on this critical public health concern and encourages healthcare providers to take immediate action.
NEW CANAAN, Conn., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In recognition of Diabetes Awareness month, Arche Healthcare wants to highlight the importance of taking a stand for diabetic foot health by proclaiming November 15 as LEAP Day. LEAP stands for Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention. Every day, hundreds of people struggle to adjust to life after a diabetes-related lower extremity amputation. LEAP Day shines a light on this critical public health concern and encourages healthcare providers to take immediate action.
During LEAP Day, Arche Healthcare encourages all healthcare providers who care for patients with diabetes to perform a simple three-minute diabetic foot assessment. This assessment is designed to help healthcare providers quickly detect a patient's risk factors for amputation, prompting referral to podiatric specialists. Details on performing the assessment can be found on the LEAP 2030 website at LEAP2030.org.
To combat diabetes-related lower extremity amputation, Arche Healthcare has founded LEAP 2030 and the HEDIS PedisTM initiative. The goal of LEAP 2030 is to establish a formal HEDIS® measure for diabetic foot assessments, called the HEDIS PedisTM. The HEDIS PedisTM would ensure the early detection of risk factors for diabetic foot ulcers, leading to a reduced incidence of lower extremity complications of diabetes. A similar HEDIS® measure already exists for diabetes-related retinal exams, preventing blindness in millions of patients with diabetes.
Scott Kantro, DPM, CEO of Arche Healthcare, founded the LEAP 2030 initiative because he believes adding a formal HEDIS® measure is imperative to significantly reducing diabetes-related lower extremity amputations by 2030. "The problem of diabetes-related amputations has only gotten worse in recent years," says Dr. Kantro. "It's time for action. We can enormously impact people's lives by implementing a HEDIS® measure. Healthcare providers can start now by performing an annual three-minute foot assessment."
About Arche Healthcare: Arche Healthcare was founded with one purpose in mind: empowering patients, physicians and payers to prevent diabetes-related wounds and amputations. Better outcomes begin with engaged patients, so Arche Healthcare developed the Arche Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Exam (CDFE) and a suite of diagnostic tools and technologies to support it. These products help clinicians activate patient engagement and catalyze change in people's lives.
For more information, visit http://www.LEAP2030.org
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