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Leaders of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) join us today to share updates from their organization. Tracey Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of ADA and joins us to share some of the exciting initiatives and changes happening at ADA these days. Dr. Robert Gabbay is the Chief Scientific and Medical Officer for ADA and leads the organization’s efforts to drive discovery within the world of diabetes research, care and prevention. Today he joins us to share an update on the state of diabetes care and education. Dr. Mary de Groot is the President of ADA Health Care and Education and shares her highlights from the recent 80th annual ADA Scientific Sessions.

An increasing number of clinicians are leveraging technology to improve their services and improve their clients’ health, but are they using technology in a standardized way? Are they working towards optimized results? Former ADCES President and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Dr. Deborah Greenwood joins us to discuss the latest ADCES Perspectives in Practice Paper, which focuses on optimizing tech-enabled diabetes care. You’ll hear about the purpose, focus and goals of this paper, and learn about the Identify, Configure and Collaborate, or ICC Framework, which can help you optimize the use of technology in any practice setting.

The number of technological tools and devices diabetes care and education specialists have in their arsenal continues to grow year after year. However, many barriers stand in the way of getting these tools into practices and into the hands of your clients. We’ve invited Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDCES, to join us on another episode of The Huddle to discuss ADCES’ latest practice paper: Technology Integration: The Role of the Diabetes Care and Education Specialist in Practice. You’ll hear about the increasing importance of technology in diabetes care, how you can assess if your system is ready to adopt new technologies, guidance for incorporating technology into practice, and details on more tools available to you in the new practice paper.

ADCES recently released updated competencies for diabetes care and education specialists, to help you grow your career and enhance care. Co-author Sandi Burke joins us to break down how you can utilize this master list of skills for thoughtful self-assessment and strategic professional development.

In this new age of the pandemic, it is more important than ever to educate on the importance of sick day management. Carla Cox, PhD, RDN, FADCES joins The Huddle to explain the role of the diabetes care and education specialist in preparing and educating people with diabetes about sick days. She’ll discuss why managing blood glucose levels is important for so many reasons, not the least of which is reducing the impact of the illness. She’ll also share some recommendations for preventing illness and sick-day kit preparation for people with diabetes.

Melanie Teslik, BC-ADM, CDCES, MS, RN joins us to discuss the importance of addressing lipohypertrophy in your practice. Lipohypertrophy is a problem that can affect the effectiveness of insulin. She has served in many management positions supporting education and performance improvement initiatives, which is why we’ve invited her to share some tried-and-true techniques that will help you address this issue in your practice. You’ll also hear how Melanie addresses this risk in people with diabetes who use new injection technologies.