By
WilD on
January 17, 2013
In the January edition of the American Diabetes Association’s flagship professional journal Diabetes Care, the association has issued a document that lays out its wide-ranging official recommendations for diabetes care in the U.S.
This is the ADA’s annual update of their Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, and the 56-page document deals with everything from classifying the various flavors of diabetes to the use of a 128-Hz tuning fork in foot exams. But unlike past…
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By
AmyT on
January 1, 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!
At the close of last year, we asked the top diabetes advocacy organizations and communities to share what they felt they’d accomplished in 2011, and what kinds of plans / goals / strategies they had in mind for 2012?
It only makes sense that we return to them this year with the same question: did they meet their own expectations for 2012? And what do they envision for continuing to help…
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By
WilD on
December 12, 2012
We got word earlier this year that the American Diabetes Association was trying out a new training program dubbed a “patient simulator,” where docs can practice on not-so-real people with diabetes (PWDs), trying out everything from assessing conditions to ordering lab tests and meds. And they get graded on their decision-making!
Medical simulation is actually quite the trend, with a company called SciMed even launching a “virtual diabetes institute” last year.
Having some actual expertise…
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By
MikeH on
December 3, 2012
Just because the American Diabetes Association has the word American in its name, doesn’t mean the organization’s reach doesn’t extend outside the U.S.
The ADA is going more global than ever now by holding its first-ever Middle East Congress in Dubai. The inaugural summit being held tomorrow (Tuesday) through Thursday this week is expected to bring in 1,400 to 2,000 people for what ADA organizers are calling a “mini Scientific Sessions” (the ADA’s huge annual…
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By
AmyT on
November 28, 2012
To my mind, the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit I’ve hosted the last two years is not a “conference.” Rather, in the true tradition of a “Summit,” it aims to bring key decision-makers and other folks passionate about diabetes care together in one room for some very frank conversations about where we are now, what needs improvement, and how we can get to a better place as quickly as possible.
On that note, the Pharma executives and…
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