Providers

Patients trust their health care teams and providers more than any other source of health information.

Here’s how you can help patients at risk of

How it Works

Any VT-based patients (18+) with

a diagnosis or risk factors for:

  • Diabetes
  • Prediabetes
  • Hypertension

Providers refer to

MyHealthyVT.org

A series of free, self-management workshops proven to help your patients overcome hurdles and take control of their health.

Participants get

  • Evidence-based, skill-building workshops
  • Small group setting online or in-person
  • Free to Vermont adults
  • Inviting & fun format for all abilities
  • Regular, social engagement
  • Led by trained facilitators

Providers just need to make the referral and we’ll take it from there.

Hear one provider's experience with My Healthy Vermont

What providers and care teams can do:

Determine if your patients qualify for My Healthy Vermont. People should:

  • Be aged 18+ and a VT resident
  • Have a diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension
  • Have a diagnosis of prediabetes or any of its risk factors: low physical activity, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, having a relative with diabetes, and/or a score of 5 or higher on our prediabetes risk quiz.

Other workshops may have different eligibility.
Choose a workshop from the homepage to learn more.

My Healthy Vermont

Refer all interested patients to MyHealthyVT.org, where they can:

My Healthy Vermont Workshop List

Talk about the benefits of the program with your patients and order educational materials for your office.

  • Order free patient education materials for your practice or department.
My Healthy Vermont View Materials

Review the research behind My Healthy Vermont and the self-management model behind these life-changing workshops.

Contact the My Healthy Vermont program with any questions and to learn more. We’d love to hear from you!

Refer a Patient to a My Healthy VT Workshop
Contact the My Healthy VT Program

See a Vermont Diabetes Prevention Workshop in action and hear from actual participants on their experiences.

Join Us as a My Healthy VT Referring Partner

Health care providers play a crucial role in guiding patients toward better health outcomes. In fact, patients referred to MyHealthyVT by providers are more likely to enroll, participate, and complete workshops.

We invite you to team up with MyHealthyVT to promote and refer eligible patients to our self-management workshops. In return, we’ll recognize and promote your practice as a MyHealthyVT Provider Champion.

Learn more

These workshops are so important because I can only engage with the patient once every few months. And we know that it takes a lot more engagement to make real change.

Dr. Dana Kraus, MD

Thank you to our current partners!

Appletree Bay Primary Care - UVMMCBethel Health CenterCommunity Health Brandon
Burlington Adult Primary CareClara Martin CenterColchester Family Medicine
CVMC Community Health Team DieticianCVMC Family Medicine Main CampusCVMC Montpelier Integrative Family Medicine
Gifford Medical CenterGrace Cottage HospitalGreen Mountain Internal Medicine
Hinesburg Family MedicineMt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterMt Anthony Primary Care
Newport Primary CareNorthern Counties Health CareNorthwestern Medical Center Endocrinology
Rutland Heart CenterSASHSouth Burlington Family Medicine
Southwestern VT Med CenterStowe Family PracticeUVM Adult Primary Care South Burlington
UVM Medical Center Milton Family PracticeUVMMC Williston Adult Primary CareCommunity Health Centers of Burlington

Facts and Figures

Average blood pressure of people who completed the Hypertension workshop dropped from

132/77 to 127/74

"These workshops are so important because I can only engage with the patient once every few months. And we know that it takes a lot more engagement to make real change."

- Dr. Dana Kraus MD

Joining a
Quit Smoking Workshop
doubles a person’s chances of quitting.

"It can be challenging to recommend over and over the same thing, but if they say yes, that will change their life."

- Alicia Armstrong, RDN LD, Northern Counties Healthcare

Nationally, people who completed the Diabetes Prevention workshop reduced their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by

58%

"As a provider, it takes hardly any time at all to say, ‘Hey, there's this really amazing workshop, it's now online."

- Dr. Dana Kraus MD

People who completed the Diabetes Management workshop reported eating healthier, feeling less depressed and having better relationships with their doctors.

"It worked so well for me. I’ve been wanting to get to this healthy point in my life for so long—and I feel so good now."

- Loretta, Participant

"Sometimes people come off medication and sometimes people take less medication."

- Alicia Armstrong RDN, LD, CDCES