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Medical groups back amputation prevention task force to tackle diabetes-related limb loss
Summary
Medical societies and clinicians urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to create a state task force to reduce diabetes-related lower-limb amputations, citing preventable rates, racial disparities and high post-amputation mortality.
Doctors, podiatrists and medical associations told the Joint Committee on Public Health that a state-level amputation prevention task force could reduce preventable limb loss and the associated mortality and costs.
Steven Hobby, vice president for state government affairs at the American Diabetes Association, said nearly 600,000 adults in Massachusetts have diabetes and proposed that a task force “take a systematic look at reducing amputations, recommend approaches to encourage collaboration among clinical stakeholders, and ensure access to treatments and services to prevent amputations, including coverage for evidence-supported treatment…
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