The Huddle: Conversations with the Diabetes Care Team

Optimizing Tech-Enabled Diabetes Care and Education with Deborah Greenwood

Episode Summary

An increasing number of clinicians are leveraging technology to improve their services and improve their clients’ health, but are they using technology in a standardized way? Are they working towards optimized results? Former ADCES President and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Dr. Deborah Greenwood joins us to discuss the latest ADCES Perspectives in Practice Paper, which focuses on optimizing tech-enabled diabetes care. You’ll hear about the purpose, focus and goals of this paper, and learn about the Identify, Configure and Collaborate, or ICC Framework, which can help you optimize the use of technology in any practice setting.

Episode Notes

Resources

• ADCES guidance on technology is now available in two practice papers available  at DiabetesEducator.org/TechnologyIntegration.
• Danatech was developed to support the technology access and assessment needs of healthcare professionals who care for patients living with diabetes and other chronic conditions. Danatech is free to ADCES members, log in in today danatech.org.
• ADCES workforce training offers customized training on topics like CGM, insulin pump therapy and pattern management. Learn more about this training at DiabetesEducator.org/Workforce.

Reference

 Greenwood, D. A., Howell, F., Scher, L., Yousef, G., Rinker, J., Yehl, K., … Peeples, M. M. (2020). A Framework for Optimizing Technology-Enabled Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Care and Education: The Role of the Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. The Diabetes Educator, 46(4), 315–322. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721720935125