Jun 14, 2021, 06:00 AM
The business side of diabetes education track at ADCES21 is designed to meet the needs of the busy diabetes care and education specialist who is also charged with the business aspects of the program. Read more to get a preview of education sessions that demonstrate your outcomes and the value of diabetes care and education services to administrators and payors.
Jun 7, 2021, 10:10 AM
Inclusion of the school nurse as part of the student’s healthcare team provides continuity of care between the home, school and healthcare team for children with diabetes. Learn more about the benefits of including school nurse expertise on the diabetes care team.
Jun 3, 2021, 06:00 AM
To develop strategies that address socioeconomic challenges to care in your practice, it is critical that diabetes care and education specialists understand perspectives of people with diabetes with socioeconomic barriers and their preferred interventions. Learn more about the trends identified in a recent study published in The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care journal.
May 31, 2021, 06:00 AM
Over 19 sessions addressing psychosocial and behavioral health will take place during ADCES21 in August, delivering useful tips and tools to address these concerns across a wide spectrum of psychosocial challenges and self-management behaviors. Susan Guzman, PhD and John Zriebec, CDCES, MSW give you a preview of these sessions here.
May 28, 2021, 09:38 AM
May is mental health awareness month and an appropriate time to look at what kind of support you offer clients. Grace Silverio, BSN, RN, CDCES, CCM discusses the impact of diabetes on mental health, and how you can begin addressing it in your practice.
May 25, 2021, 10:38 AM
Megrette Fletcher MEd, RDN, CDCES discusses the commonalities between weight bias and stigma. She'll also share evidence that healthcare providers' implicit bias towards weight may worsen health outcomes for their clients.
May 24, 2021, 17:07 PM
Diabetes care and education specialists can help clients benefit from existing or new technologies by helping them use tech to the fullest and equipping them with tech that best suits their needs. The ADCES21 technology track can help members of the diabetes care team maintain and enhance diabetes technology, competencies and proficiencies. Get a preview here of this track here.
May 24, 2021, 12:37 PM
Two agents in the GLP-1 RA class (dulaglutide and semaglutide) have new data evaluating higher dose options than originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While high-dose liraglutide is already approved for weight loss, dulaglutide and semaglutide offer potentially new dosing strategies to further help individuals lose weight.
May 20, 2021, 06:00 AM
ADCES21 offers sessions within the Diabetes and the Cardiometabolic Continuum track that examine new trends in the medical and nutritional treatment of cardiometabolic conditions, such as gastroparesis, heart failure and other complications. Get a preview of this track here.
May 10, 2021, 08:00 AM
People with diabetes are more likely to experience periodontal issues, which may hinder glucose management. Learn about oral health problems and 5 beneficial foods for people with diabetes in this blog.