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Diabetes Pay-For-Performance Programs Reduce All-Cause Mortality
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Letter from the Editor
This week 2 of our interns, Mit Suthar and Mia Flowers, bring us two article that are intertwined. Dr. Flowers starts us off by looking at the value of short periods (1-2 minutes) of moderate exercise and the long term benefits in reducing Cardiovascular Complications in our diabetes patients. Then Dr. Suthar has a very interesting take on the value of pay for performance programs for patients.
If you read these two as one as I did, you quickly realize that if we paid for the steps taken per minute by our patients, we would more than likely have found a combination to reward patients for staying healthy. Read both of these articles and let me know if you agree with me.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
I was working with a patient who’d recently had a pump upgrade and although he said he didn’t have problems or issues with infusion set changes, I urged him to change his set while I was present….
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
Audit also found 40% of critical coronavirus patients are under the age of 60.
The importance of physical activity is often underestimated in patients at risk of or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus continues to grow as a global healthcare problem and is associated with significant microvascular and macrovascular complications.