Making Early, Consistent Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support the Norm, Not the Exception

Hope co-authored this editorial in The American Journal of Managed Care-Evidence Based Diabetes Management with Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, the senior vice president and chief medical officer of Joslin Diabetes Center and the editor in chief of this publication within her role as 2016 President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. This editorial details support for the 2015 joint position statement of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the American Diabetes Association, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which calls for diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES at 4 distinct points in a person's life with diabetes: at diagnosis, at annual assessments, when complications arise, and at transitions. This entire December 2016 issue of AJCM - EBDM was a joint effort with AADE.  Read more ...