AIM Diabetes Care Resources
·
Patient
Teaching Handouts from the ADA (very useful, covers a lot of topics, and
available in English and Spanish)
·
Diabetes
Device/Supplies Overview (with how to write Rxs
instructions)
·
Medical
management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes: A consensus algorithm for the
initiation and adjustment of therapy: A consensus statement of the American
Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Diabetes
Care 2009 Jan; 32:193 – a must read for all the residents
AIM DM Teaching and Management Clinic
This is an
on-site clinic where residents will work alongside Evelyn Thompson, our
diabetic educator, under the supervision of an attending to provide for DM
follow up care for patients of their colleagues. Patients who have not met
their goal for DM control should be referred to this clinic. No referral
paperwork is necessary; one just needs to write “refer to AIM DM clinic” on the
bottom of your clinic notes. The PFA will schedule the patients through the
EPIC systems. Please be sure your patient has updated med lists, A1c values, on your electronic WebCIS
notes. Please also offer specific instructions if there are particular things
you want the team to follow up on or act on.
Patients will start their first session at a daily group “DM Teaching
Session.” Following this, they will be recruited into the individual counseling
and management program. To date, this program has already accomplished at least
an average of two point A1c decrease for some of our
most difficult-to-manage patients with diabetes.
Situations
or patients to consider for this new service include: