Clinical Presentations

  This week, we wrap up our series of Homerun Slides on Quality Measures, with summaries of the commonalities and differences across both cholesterol and diabetes measures, as well as a comparison between the two….

  This week, we continue with our Homerun Slides series on quality reporting, with some facts and data to help you in further understanding how Accountable Care Organizations fit into the picture.

  With this week’s Homerun Slides series, we present the second set of a four part series which we’ll be bringing you over the course of four months. With this second set, we examine the currently available Postprandial Hyperglycemia Assessment Tools, and then explore one of the most recently discovered …

In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we review Quality Measure for Health Plans including NCQA Recognition, HEDIS, and Medicare 5 Star Quality Measures….

  This week we have the first set of slides in a three-part series examining current treatment practices of both cholesterol and diabetes, and some of the commonalities and differences between the two, and how value-driven healthcare can play a role in improving patient outcomes for both….

In this set of Homerun Slides, we give you a brief overview of the functioning of this new class of drugs, and get into the specifics of the first drug in its class approved by the FDA, canagliflozin (Invokana)…. Link to download (.ppt format): SGLT-2 Inhibitors: A New Modality for Treating …

  This week’s set of Homerun Slides topics include: The Role of Incretins in Type 2 Diabetes; Non-insulin injection for DM2; and a discussion of the ADOPT study….

  With this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we begin a new series on the Core Defects of Type 2 Diabetes. Topics included in this set include: Insulin Resistance: An Underlying Cause of Type 2 Diabetes; UKPDS – Beta Cell Loss Over Time; and Challenges in Achieving Glycemic Goals in …

With this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a four-part series on managing hyperglycemia. This first set covers topics including Postprandial Hyperglycemia and Coronary Artery Disease, the Impact of Glycemic Variability, Glucose and A1C on Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) After Acute MI, and how Increased PPG (Lower 1,5-AG) Correlates with …

  In this week’s series of Homerun Slides, we review the insulin analogs, the principles of insulin therapy, some of the CGM (Constant Glucose Monitoring) devices available, and talk a little about the newer therapies available as well….