As diabetes rates continue to rise across the United States, another healthcare challenge is becoming harder to ignore: the diabetes workforce shortage. While new medications, continuous glucose monitors, and AI-supported tools are changing care, many patients still struggle to find specialists who can help them manage complex treatment plans. This …
Read More »Fragmented Care in the GLP-1 Era: What Happens When Multiple Providers Prescribe the Same Therapy?
A patient starts semaglutide through a telehealth platform, receives nutrition advice from a wellness clinic, and later visits a primary care physician for worsening gastrointestinal symptoms. None of the providers can see the full treatment picture. Situations like this are becoming increasingly common as GLP-1 medications move across multiple corners …
Read More »Managing the GLP‑1 Surge: Workflow, Staffing, and Patient Education Strategies
As the demand for GLP‑1 receptor agonists skyrockets, clinics across the country are facing a critical question: How can we maintain quality care without overwhelming our teams? Rising interest in these therapies is placing new pressures on prescribing systems, patient education, and long-term follow-up. This article provides a clear, practical …
Read More »Team-Based Diabetes Management: Building Clinical Partnerships That Actually Work
Effective diabetes care doesn’t happen in isolation. With millions of Americans living with diabetes, managing this chronic disease requires more than just a single doctor’s input. Team based diabetes care brings together primary care providers, pharmacists, dietitians, educators, and community health workers to create a more personalized and coordinated approach. …
Read More »Making Telemedicine Work for Diabetes Care: Structuring Virtual Visits for Better Outcomes
Telemedicine for diabetes management has transformed the landscape of chronic care. As healthcare systems integrate digital solutions beyond the pandemic, one thing is clear: virtual visits are here to stay. But making telehealth work for diabetes requires more than video calls—it demands structure, thoughtful planning, and patient-centered design. This article …
Read More »Digital Health Fatigue in Diabetes: When Technology Helps and When It Hurts
In the era of smartphones, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), remote portals, and health apps, digital tools offer powerful ways to support people living with diabetes. However, too much technology can overwhelm patients, leading to digital health fatigue in diabetes—a state where users disengage from tools that were meant to help …
Read More »Sometimes Long-term Patient/Healthcare Provider Relationship Must Be Severed
I am a primary care provider in a small private office. A long-term patient of mine, 32 years of age, was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. His insurance is now one I do not participate in. Until his recent diagnosis, he visited annually and paid out of pocket. He wanted to stay with me for his care....
Read More »Improving Medication Adherence in Primary Care
Pharmacist-led medication therapy management (MTM) has been shown to improve medication adherence.
Read More »Diabetes Pay-For-Performance Programs Reduce All-Cause Mortality
Diabetes mellitus continues to grow as a global healthcare problem and is associated with significant microvascular and macrovascular complications.
Read More »Redesigning Primary Care to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (The UNITED Study)
What if improving diabetes care was as easy as changing the way we interact with patients?
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