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Kalyani RR, Allende-Vigo MZ, Antinori-Lent KJ, Close KL, Das SR, Deroze P, Edelman SV, El Sayed NA, Kerr D, Neumiller JJ, Norton A. Prioritizing Patient Experiences in the Management of Diabetes and Its Complications: An Endocrine Society Position Statement. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024; 109:1155-1178. [PMID: 38381587 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
Abstract
Diabetes can be an arduous journey both for people with diabetes (PWD) and their caregivers. While the journey of every person with diabetes is unique, common themes emerge in managing this disease. To date, the experiences of PWD have not been fully considered to successfully implement the recommended standards of diabetes care in practice. It is critical for health-care providers (HCPs) to recognize perspectives of PWD to achieve optimal health outcomes. Further, existing tools are available to facilitate patient-centered care but are often underused. This statement summarizes findings from multistakeholder expert roundtable discussions hosted by the Endocrine Society that aimed to identify existing gaps in the management of diabetes and its complications and to identify tools needed to empower HCPs and PWD to address their many challenges. The roundtables included delegates from professional societies, governmental organizations, patient advocacy organizations, and social enterprises committed to making life better for PWD. Each section begins with a clinical scenario that serves as a framework to achieve desired health outcomes and includes a discussion of resources for HCPs to deliver patient-centered care in clinical practice. As diabetes management evolves, achieving this goal will also require the development of new tools to help guide HCPs in supporting PWD, as well as concrete strategies for the efficient uptake of these tools in clinical practice to minimize provider burden. Importantly, coordination among various stakeholders including PWD, HCPs, caregivers, policymakers, and payers is critical at all stages of the patient journey.
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- Rita R Kalyani
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- dQ&A, The Diabetes Research Company, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at the University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- American Diabetes Association, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Director of Digital Health, Diabetes Technology Society, Santa Barbara, CA 94010, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA
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- DiabetesSisters, #180, 1112 W Boughton Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440, USA
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Ebekozien O, Fantasia K, Farrokhi F, Sabharwal A, Kerr D. Technology and health inequities in diabetes care: How do we widen access to underserved populations and utilize technology to improve outcomes for all? Diabetes Obes Metab 2024; 26 Suppl 1:3-13. [PMID: 38291977 PMCID: PMC11040507 DOI: 10.1111/dom.15470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Digital health technologies are being utilized increasingly in the modern management of diabetes. These include tools such as continuous glucose monitoring systems, connected blood glucose monitoring devices, hybrid closed-loop systems, smart insulin pens, telehealth, and smartphone applications (apps). Although many of these technologies have a solid evidence base, from the perspective of a person living with diabetes, there remain multiple barriers preventing their optimal use, creating a digital divide. In this article, we describe many of the origins of these barriers and offer recommendations on widening access to digital health technologies for underserved populations living with diabetes to improve their health outcomes.
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- Osagie Ebekozien
- T1D Exchange, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Population Health, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Alta Bates Summit Medical Centre, Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, Oakland, California, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Centre for Health System Research, Sutter Health, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Kerr D, Klonoff DC, Bergenstal RM, Choudhary P, Ji L. A Roadmap to an Equitable Digital Diabetes Ecosystem. Endocr Pract 2023; 29:179-184. [PMID: 36584818 DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Diabetes management presents a substantial burden to individuals living with the condition and their families, health care professionals, and health care systems. Although an increasing number of digital tools are available to assist with tasks such as blood glucose monitoring and insulin dose calculation, multiple persistent barriers continue to prevent their optimal use. METHODS As a guide to creating an equitable connected digital diabetes ecosystem, we propose a roadmap with key milestones that need to be achieved along the way. RESULTS During the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic, there was an increased use of digital tools to support diabetes care, but at the same time, the pandemic also highlighted problems of inequities in access to and use of these same technologies. Based on these observations, a connected diabetes ecosystem should incorporate and optimize the use of existing treatments and technologies, integrate tasks such as glucose monitoring, data analysis, and insulin dose calculations, and lead to improved and equitable health outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Development of this ecosystem will require overcoming multiple obstacles, including interoperability and data security concerns. However, an integrated system would optimize existing devices, technologies, and treatments to improve outcomes.
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- David Kerr
- Diabetes Technology Society, Burlingame, California.
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- Diabetes Research Institute, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California
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- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Depczynski B, Poynten A. Acceptance and Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Discharge From Hospital in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Open-label, Prospective, Controlled Study. JMIR Diabetes 2022; 7:e35163. [PMID: 35532995 PMCID: PMC9127644 DOI: 10.2196/35163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can provide detailed information on glucose excursions. There is little information on safe transitioning from hospital back to the community for patients who have had diabetes therapies adjusted in hospital and it is unclear whether newer technologies may facilitate this process. Objective Our aim was to determine whether offering CGM on discharge would be acceptable and if CGM initiated on hospital discharge in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) would reduce hospital re-presentations at 1 month. Methods This was an open-label study. Adult inpatients with T2DM, who were to be discharged home and required postdischarge glycemic stabilization, were offered usual care consisting of clinic review at 2 weeks and at 3 months. In addition to usual care, participants in the intervention arm were provided with a Libre flash glucose monitoring system (Abbott Australia). An initial run-in phase for the first 20 participants was planned, where all consenting participants were enrolled in an active arm. Subsequently, all participants were to be randomized to the active arm or usual care control group. Results Of 237 patients screened during their hospital admission, 34 had comorbidities affecting cognition that prevented informed consent and affected their ability to learn to use the CGM device. In addition, 21 were not able to be approached as the material was only in English. Of 101 potential participants who fulfilled eligibility criteria, 19 provided consent and were enrolled. Of the 82 patients who declined to participate, 31 advised that the learning of a new task toward discharge was overwhelming or too stressful and 26 were not interested, with no other details. Due to poor recruitment, the study was terminated without entering the randomization phase to determine whether CGM could reduce readmission rate. Conclusions These results suggest successful and equitable implementation of telemedicine programs requires that any human factors such as language, cognition, and possible disengagement be addressed. Recovery from acute illness may not be the ideal time for introduction of newer technologies or may require more novel implementation frameworks.
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- Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia
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Kerr D, Edelman S, Vespasiani G, Khunti K. New digital health technologies for insulin initiation and optimization for people with type 2 diabetes. Endocr Pract 2022; 28:811-821. [PMID: 35452813 DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The health and economic burden of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is of global significance. Many people with T2D eventually need insulin to help reduce their risk of serious associated complications. However, barriers in initiating and/or optimizing insulin expose people with diabetes to sustained hyperglycemia. In this review, we investigate how new and future technologies may provide opportunities to help overcome barriers to insulin initiation and/or optimization. METHODS A focused literature search of PubMed and key scientific congresses was conducted. Software tools and devices developed to support insulin initiation and/or optimization were identified by manually filtering over 300 publications and conference abstracts. RESULTS Most software tools have been developed for a smartphone platform. At present, published data suggest that use of these technologies is associated with equivalent or improved glycemic outcomes compared with standard care with additional benefits such as reduced healthcare provider (HCP) time burden and improved diabetes knowledge. However, there remains a paucity of good quality evidence. Most new devices to support insulin therapy help track the dose and timing of insulin use. CONCLUSIONS New digital health tools may help to reduce barriers to optimal insulin therapy. An integrated solution that connects glucose monitoring, dose recording, titration advice, and records comorbidities and lifestyle factors has the potential to reduce the complexity and burden of treatment and may improve titration and treatment adherence, resulting in better outcomes for people with diabetes.
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- David Kerr
- Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Santa Barbara, California.
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- University of California San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California
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- Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Azelton KR, Crowley AP, Vence N, Underwood K, Morris G, Kelly J, Landry MJ. Digital Health Coaching for Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial of Healthy at Home. Front Digit Health 2021; 3:764735. [PMID: 34901926 PMCID: PMC8655126 DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2021.764735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Digital health coaching is an intervention for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that has potential to improve the quality of care for patients. Previous research has established the efficacy of digital interventions for behavior change. This pilot study addresses a research gap in finding effective and accessible behavioral interventions for under-resourced individuals with T2DM. We examined the impact of Healthy at Home, a 12-week phone and SMS-based (short message service) digital health coaching program, on insulin resistance which is an upstream marker for T2DM progression. We compared this intervention to usual diabetic care in a family medicine residency clinic in a randomized controlled trial. Digital health coaching significantly improved participants' calculated Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA2-IR) by −0.9 ± 0.4 compared with the control group (p = 0.029). This significance remained after controlling for years diagnosed with T2DM, enrollment in Medicaid, access to food, baseline stage of change, and race (p = 0.027). Increasing access to digital health coaching may lead to more effective control of diabetes for under-resourced patients. This study demonstrates the potential to implement a personalized, scalable, and effective digital health intervention to treat and manage T2DM through a lifestyle and behavioral approach to improve clinical outcomes (http://clinicaltrials.gov, NCT04872647).
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- Kimberly R Azelton
- Beacon Health System, E. Blair Warner Family Medicine Residency, South Bend, IN, United States
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Beacon Health System, E. Blair Warner Family Medicine Residency, South Bend, IN, United States
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- Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States
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- Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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