Emergency preparedness for people with diabetes includes building a “diabetes kit.” The Diabetes Disaster Response Coalition (DDRC) has created guidelines for building such a kit. Included is a checklist of important information to keep in the kit, as well as a list of extra supplies that people with diabetes should always have on hand.

This article focuses on some of the barriers that minorities face when trying to manage their Type 2 diabetes. These barriers include lack of diabetes education, as well as limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables and transportation to health care services.

Download this two-page handout the TMF Quality Innovation Network created to help health care providers and practitioners find and implement quality improvement interventions to help patients take an active role in managing their diabetes and prediabetes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to identify and remove barriers to access and participation in diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services. Although the benefits of DSMES are well known, fewer than 5% of Medicare beneficiaries use these services in their first year of diagnosis. This CDC resource focuses on reaching populations and communities with limited access that have higher rates of diabetes and higher risk of complications.

The National Registry of Recognized Diabetes Prevention Programs lists contact information for all organizations, recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that deliver evidence-based type 2 diabetes prevention programs in the United States. All of these programs use a CDC-approved curriculum that meets the duration, intensity and reporting requirements described in the DPRP Standards.

Anaerobic exercise is the act of moving, and it is particularly beneficial to heart health and lowering blood glucose levels. For people who need an alternative to the walking plan, anaerobic exercise provides comparable benefits. This resource, from the American Diabetes Association, acts as a guide to incorporate weight training and different levels of activity for strengthening.

The "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes" recommends that everyone break up bouts of sitting with brief activity every 30 minutes. Such mini exercise bursts may be particularly beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes. This resource, from the American Diabetes Association, includes a helpful guide that gives innovative ideas on how to move while netting stronger muscles and a higher daily calorie burn.

Regular physical activity is important for overall health and wellness. For those with type 1 diabetes, it’s very important to balance insulin doses with food eaten and activity. Planning ahead and knowing how blood sugar and the body respond to exercise can help keep blood sugar levels from getting too low or too high.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases provides a comprehensive list on managing diabetes, meal plans, physical activity, medications, and blood glucose levels. This resource introduces methods to cope with diabetes in healthy ways and collaborate with the healthcare team.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases provides a comprehensive This guide, from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, answers all the questions a patient might have about continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). This resource includes illustrations for further explanation and guidance for successful CGM use.

Physical therapists commonly prescribe physical activity for the treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related complications that modify traditional musculoskeletal exercise prescription. Physical therapists must advocate for regular physical activity as a key component of the treatment of chronic diseases in all patient interactions.

This flyer provides links to resources that may be helpful to use with patients and staff during National Diabetes Month and beyond.

This TMF Quality Innovation Network presentation focuses on inpatient glucose management. Ardis Reed, MPH, RD, LD, CDCES, will cover new codes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, explore data related to hypo/hyperglycemic events in acute care settings, as well as provide resources to develop an inpatient glucose management program that works for you.

This study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine in September 2022, examines how community health workers - who are part of a health care team - influence the health outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes.

This flyer provides links to resources that may be helpful to use with patients and staff during National Diabetes Month.

This website lists resources and templates to help providers implement diabetes prevention strategies for patients with diabets. The site also includes educational materials for health care professionals and patients on a variety of diabetes prevention topics.

This online toolkit was developed to provide information about the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program. National DPP is a year-long, evidence-based intervention program developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is a video you can watch that provides an overview of the toolkit and suggests how participants can best use the resources.

This article discusses the results of a study among adult patients with diabetes due for HbA1c testing across three primary care practices. One conclusion: Practices with HbA1c point-of-care testing improves testing adherence at office visits, thereby resulting in better diabetes management for patients with worsening disease.

This consensus report addresses how to best manage glycemia in adults with type 2 diabetes. New recommendations emerging from a literature review is an addiitonal focus on lifestyle management and diabetes self-management education and support.

According to this study, comprehensive telehealth interventions can successfully address and help reverse poor control of type 2 diabetes, even in rural areas.

Health centers serve one in 11 people across the country, including the one in seven that has diabetes. The Health Center Program launched the Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative to help patients control their diabetes.

This website features the latest cardiovascular and diabetes science, patient educational and clinical care tools and quality improvement programs. The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association created the website together, with the goal to reduce cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke and heart failure in people living with type 2 diabetes.

One-fourth of Americans who have Type 2 diabetes — and nearly twice that proportion among Asian and Hispanic Americans — are unaware they have it. The American Diabetes Association offers recommendations for testing for diabetes or prediabetes in asymptomatic adults.

These updated Guiding Principles now include new approaches to caring for patients with diabetes, including helping them develop the skills to self-manage their disease. A PDF version of the Principles are available for download at this website.

This tool gives primary care providers step-by-step instructions for identifying patients who may have prediabetes. It also gives providers next steps for patients diagnosed with prediabetes.

Over the years, multiple organizations have independently developed and updated evidence-based guidelines for the care of people with or at risk for diabetes. These updated Guiding Principles identify and synthesize myriad guidelines primary care providers and health care teams can use when delivering quality care to adults with or at risk for diabetes.

This resource is a compilation of frequently asked questions about prediabetes.

This patient resource explains the information that A1c blood test results provides. It averages blood sugar levels over two-to-three months. The higher the levels, the greater a patient's risk of developing diabetes complications.

This website offers education, support and resources to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes.

Since originally drafted in 2013, the algorithm for the comprehensive management of persons with type 2 diabetes has been updated with new therapies, management approaches and clinical data. The current algorithm includes up-to-date sections on lifestyle therapy and all classes of obesity, antihyperglycemic, lipid-lowering and antihypertensive medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In this update to its 2015 recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults, ages 35-to-70, get screened for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes if they are overweight or obese. USPSTF also recommends that clinicians offer or refer patients with prediabetes to effective type 2 diabetes prevention programs.

The American Medical Association offers suggestions and guidance on how providers can use electronic health records (EHRs) and technology to improve care for patients with prediabetes.

In the Know Diabetes by Heart Pocket Guide, the American Heart Association and the ADA summarize key clinical recommendations for cardio-metabolic health management for people with type 2 diabetes.

Providers can give this handout to patients diagnosed with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. This patient education tool from the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES7) is intended to help patients take an active role in keeping their hearts, kidneys and eyes healthy while they manage their diabetes.

Read how Tulane Medical Group used the Diabetes INSIDE (Inspiring System Improvement with Data-Driven Excellence) program to conduct a multiyear review of outpatient EHRs to improve outcomes of patients with adult type 2 diabetes. The goal: to decrease hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) under-testing, reduce the number of patients with poor glycemic control and lower HbA1c levels.

The National Diabetes Prevention Program—or National DPP—was created in 2010 to address the increasing number of people diagnosed with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in the United States. Health care professionals can refer their at-risk patients to a CDC-recognized lifestyle change program that focuses on changing certain habits and behaviors that contribute to poor health.

This flyer provides links to resources that may be helpful to use with patients and staff during National Diabetes Month and beyond. In Spanish for PR.