September 2018

POSTERS AT THE 2018 American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Conference covered updates on new therapies and technology, strategies to help patients overcome fear of using insulin, and innovations in diabetes self-management education and support. Following are a few snapshots of the research presented at AADE.

A letter from our Editor-in-Chief, Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP.

Livongo’s technology is built around the idea that a person living with diabetes must make multiple decisions every day, and the cumulative effect of all those decisions drives outcomes.

A profile of a program that calls for residents in a rural area to become full partners in managing their type 2 diabetes, and in the process bring changes to their community.

Employers who have been disappointed in the past with wellness programs want to see evidence of patient engagement and how this translates into savings.

A former president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators addresses the need to remodel diabetes self-management education and support, to create a reimbursement system that better meets the needs of today's providers and patients.

This article is based on a keynote presentation at the 2018 annual conference of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.