Teresa Pearson, MS, RN, CDE, FAADE, explains what a “medical home” is, and how the concept has enabled Minnesota to deliver more patient-centric healthcare, with a whole team of medical practitioners coordinating care for each patient. In the current norm of healthcare, it is often up to the patient to connect …

Teresa Pearson, RN, CDE, talks about how pay-for-performance has worked in Minnesota, commenting that, initially, many providers were skeptical, but that it is now clear that the system does impact diabetes care for the better. This change, along with the introduction of medical homes Pearson believes, will result in a …

Each week in our newsletter we bring you multiple articles on the reasons for lowering patients’ A1c and controlling their glucose levels. In addition we often include studies that encourage us to use insulin sooner and more aggressively. Anytime we get more aggressive we increase the risk of hypoglycemia. Sometimes …

Nikolaos Tentolouris, Nikolaos Katsilambros           Symptoms and signs of hypoglycemia in Type 2 diabetes    The symptoms of hypoglycemia do not differ between people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, our topics include IV Insulin Protocols, Considerations when Converting from IV to Subcutaneous Insulin, and the Basal-Bolus Principle: Adding Mealtime Control….