HealthPartners: Empowering Patients with Diabetes to Improve Their Health
Featuring: Dr. Pat Courneya, Medical Director
After Dr. Courneya connected one of his patients with HealthPartners’ disease management program, the patient took charge of his health, participated in a workplace weight loss program, lost 40 pounds, and felt much better about himself.
“He was a machinist…I diagnosed him with diabetes…and he was pretty crestfallen…Getting that diagnosis seemed to just knock the wind right out of his sails…I got him connected with the disease management program with HealthPartners…The next time I saw him…I barely recognized him…He had lost 40 pounds in the context of a competition that they had at their employer to improve their lifestyles.”