This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Every year, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) updates its standards of medical care[1] for people with diabetes. Let's discuss what's new and interesting this year.
Improving Care With Telemedicine
Section 1 focuses on improving healthcare in populations. One of the recommendations I personally like is the discussion of telemedicine. In many places, telemedicine is not well funded. I think it's a great idea for our patients with diabetes because it allows us to reach out to them between in-person clinic visits.
Much of diabetes care doesn't involve face-to-face interactions with a patient in terms of doing a physical exam but rather involves discussing values from their meters or sensors. Telemedicine is a great way to go when it comes to managing our patients with diabetes, and I'm hopeful that it will become something that's done more commonly.
A One-Stop Diagnosis
Section 2 is about the classification and diagnosis of diabetes. Previous recommendations suggested that we diagnose diabetes on the basis of blood samples that were taken a week or two apart. You would check the blood glucose level, and if it was high, you would check it a second time to validate the first abnormal finding.
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What's New in the 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
Anne L. Peters, MD
DisclosuresFebruary 07, 2019
This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Every year, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) updates its standards of medical care[1] for people with diabetes. Let's discuss what's new and interesting this year.
Improving Care With Telemedicine
Section 1 focuses on improving healthcare in populations. One of the recommendations I personally like is the discussion of telemedicine. In many places, telemedicine is not well funded. I think it's a great idea for our patients with diabetes because it allows us to reach out to them between in-person clinic visits.
Much of diabetes care doesn't involve face-to-face interactions with a patient in terms of doing a physical exam but rather involves discussing values from their meters or sensors. Telemedicine is a great way to go when it comes to managing our patients with diabetes, and I'm hopeful that it will become something that's done more commonly.
A One-Stop Diagnosis
Section 2 is about the classification and diagnosis of diabetes. Previous recommendations suggested that we diagnose diabetes on the basis of blood samples that were taken a week or two apart. You would check the blood glucose level, and if it was high, you would check it a second time to validate the first abnormal finding.
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Anne L. Peters, MD
Professor, Keck School of Medicine; Director, University of Southern California Westside Center for Diabetes, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Disclosure: Anne L. Peters, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) on the advisory board for: Abbott Diabetes Care; Becton Dickinson; Bigfoot Biomedical; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Livongo; Medscape; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novo Nordisk; Omada Health; sanofi-aventis; Science 37
Received research support from: Dexcom; MannKind Corporation
Serve(d) as a member of a speakers bureau for: Novo Nordisk