Insulin Pump

As part of an increased reliance on telemedicine to deliver care during the COVID-19 pandemic, providers are also prescribing more medications virtually. Prior regulations, which required an established patient-provider relationship to prescribe some medications online, have been temporarily suspended to meet the needs of the public health emergency.

Sunday marks the start of daylight saving time. As has been the tradition of this Medblog since its launch in late 2016, every spring and fall, I have been posting notifications and warnings for people with diabetes using insulin pumps, their clinicians and their caregivers, to manually adjust the insulin pump clock time setting by 1 hour during the daylight saving time change.

Insulet this week announced separate partnerships with Abbott and Dexcom to integrate continuous glucose monitoring technology with its tubeless artificial pancreas system, according to industry press releases.

An investigational, once-daily pill added to optimized insulin therapy was shown to reduce HbA1c among adults with type 1 diabetes during a 12-week trial when compared with placebo plus insulin, according to a press release from vTv Therapeutics.

Medtronic has recalled its 600 series of MiniMed insulin pumps due to a missing or broken retainer ring, which helps to lock the insulin cartridge in place in the pump’s reservoir compartment, according to the FDA.

A follow-on therapy to insulin aspart was shown to be safe and effective for pump use among adults with type 1 diabetes, with no increased incidence of unexplained hypoglycemia when compared with the reference product, according to findings from an open-label crossover study published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

As a clinician specializing in diabetes, I am full of empathy toward all of my patients, but especially toward those with type 1 diabetes.

The National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators hours requirements for the CDE credential have changed over time. The certification alone does not make anyone more proficient, but it provides a consistent measurement and acknowledgement of knowledge and skills. Unless there is a practice requirement in place, how do you know people aren’t simply good test takers?

Older adults with type 1 diabetes may be able to reduce HbA1c and the occurrence of hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis and hospitalization by using subcutaneous insulin infusion instead of insulin injection therapy, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Patients with type 1 diabetes may be able to avoid hypoglycemia more effectively without an increase in hyperglycemic episodes if they use a mobile closed-loop control system instead of a sensor-augmented pump, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.