Diabetes Education

Taking insulin, regularly checking feet and other healthy diabetes management behaviors were associated with lower HbA1c, according to a presenter at the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Annual Conference.

BALTIMORE — Novel education tools and using data to pinpoint people with diabetes with educational needs allowed a health system to cope with a lack of diabetes care and education specialists during COVID-19, according to a presenter.

BALTIMORE — In this video exclusive, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, about a newly developed metric for assessing glucose — the glycemia risk index.

BALTIMORE — More than half of primary care providers are not using time in range in clinical practice, and only one-third of people with diabetes use the metric as part of their glycemic management, according to a presenter.

BALTIMORE — Adults with type 1 diabetes experience diabetes distress even with the use of continuous glucose monitoring, according to findings presented at the Association of Diabetes Care & Educational Specialists Annual Conference.

Diabetes has been a big part of both the professional and personal life of Kenneth Moritsugu, MD, MPH, FACPMFAADE, retired Rear Admiral for the U.S. Public Health Service and former Surgeon General of the United States.

BALTIMORE — In a video exclusive, Susan Weiner talks with Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists leaders about positioning its members to address diabetes comorbidities and about updates to danatech, its technology website.

BALTIMORE — Providers must recognize and respect the culture of their patients with diabetes to deliver a strong level of care, according to a speaker at the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists Annual Conference.

At the ADCES22 annual meeting, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists named Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill, PhD, APRN, RN, CDCES, diabetes care and education specialist of the year.

BALTIMORE — Having a growth mindset, acting with realistic optimism, and creating if-then plans to act upon intentions are three key principles for improving individual and team performance, according to a speaker.