The Huddle: Conversations with the Diabetes Care Team

Technology Disparities and Therapeutic Inertia: A Call To Action

Episode Summary

The new ADCES practice paper, Technology Disparities and Therapeutic Inertia: A Call to Action for the Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, highlights a major obstacle to timely therapy optimization and the solution diabetes technology devices offer. Practice paper co-author Janice Macleod, CDCES, FADCES, LD, LDN, MA, RDN, joins us to discuss the key points from the practice paper and some action steps the diabetes care team can take to begin address barriers in practice. Find the full paper in the September issue of ADCES in Practice.

Episode Notes

Resources:

• Share the barriers you identified and how you resolved them through the ADCES Technology Community of Interest:  www.adcesconnect.org/technology-coi
• MacLeod, J., Scher, L., Greenwood, D., Isaacs, D., Albanese-O’Neill, A., O’Neill, M. S., Golden, L., & Scalzo, P. (2021). Technology Disparities and Therapeutic Inertia: A Call to Action for the Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. ADCES in Practice, 9(5), 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/2633559X211032227
• Utilizing A Technology Framework to Reduce Disparities and Therapeutic Inertia, from the ADCES blog:  https://www.diabeteseducator.org/news/perspectives/aade-blog-details/adces-perspectives-on-diabetes-care/2021/09/28/utilizing-a-technology-framework-to-reduce-disparities-and-therapeutic-inertia.

Thank you to the practice paper authors Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES, LaurieAnn Scher, MS, RD, CDCES, Deborah Greenwood, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, Diana Isaacs, BCPS, BC-ADM, BCACP, CDCES, FADCES, Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill, PhD, APRN, CDCES, Megan S. O’Neill, PA-C, CDCES, Lisa Golden, MA, ED, HD, CRC, CDCES, and Patty Scalzo, MSN, NP, RN, CDCES.