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Diabetes and Endocrinology

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Providers can take practical steps to improve practice efficiency and increase insurance reimbursement

Practice Management Can Improve Efficiency

Suggestions include doing a financial analysis, using scribes, renegotiating insurance contracts
Health care communication technology is a determinant of patient satisfaction in younger patients

Health Care Technology Impacts Younger Patient Satisfaction

Younger health care consumers are dissatisfied with technology capability of health care organizations
Genetic risk and lifestyle are independent predictors of incident cardiovascular disease and diabetes

Genetic Risk, Lifestyle Predict CVD, Diabetes Independently

No interactions seen for any outcome; log-additive effect on risk of developing cardiovascular disease
The Eversense Continuous Glucose Monitoring system

FDA Approves Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

Eversense CGM, which has fully implantable sensor to detect glucose, approved for adults with diabetes
Among Medicare beneficiaries on hemodialysis

Few Hemodialysis Patients on Medicare Enroll in Hospice

Patterns of use, timing of hospice similar among patients with diverse spending trajectories
Intervention programs that start before psychological symptoms develop can prevent diabetes distress in teens with type 1 diabetes

Intervention Programs Prevent Diabetes Distress in Teens

Findings based on one-year follow-up in teens with type 1 diabetes participating in the STePS study
For older adults

Insulin Glargine 300 Safe, Effective in Seniors With T2DM

Significantly lower annualized rates of documented symptomatic hypoglycemia than Gla-100
Use of an automated

ADA: Closed-Loop Insulin Improves Glycemic Control

Better glycemic control than conventional subcutaneous insulin therapy in patients with T2DM
The American Medical Association recently adopted new ethical guidelines on medical tourism to help physicians understand their responsibilities when interacting with patients who seek or have received medical care outside the United States.

AMA Adopts Ethical Guidance on Medical Tourism

Guidelines include helping patients understand risks and benefits, responding compassionately
The risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring is increased in association with type 1 diabetes

ADA: T1D, T2D, GDM Before 26 Weeks Tied to Higher ASD Risk

Increased risks of autism spectrum disorder in association with types 1, 2, gestational diabetes