CARE-D-FOOT-Nav Pilot

"The CARE-D-FOOT-Nav (Comprehensive Assistance and Resources for Effective Diabetic Foot Navigation) program is a patient navigator intervention that aims to increase access to guideline-concordant multidisciplinary DFU care to improve DFU healing.~CARE-D-Foot-Nav is a diabetes educator who will serve as a dedicated Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) patient navigator. The navigator will assist the subjects with diabetic foot ulcer care.~Based on community input, navigators will conduct 30-to 60-minute encounters, either by phone or in person, at least once a week during the 20-week program. Additional contact may be warranted to coordinate appointments and transportation. Participants can call the navigator with DFU-related concerns at any time during the navigator's working hours. The overarching goal of the navigator is to help patients access the four key pillars of DFU care, thereby optimizing the chances of DFU healing."