Tips & Guidelines

The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) new guideline changes signify stronger recommendations for insulin pump therapies than in the past and recognize their benefits in patients with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes (T2D).

As clinicians, our intention is to provide quality patient care and education to people living with diabetes. However, upon diagnosis, we tend to impart a deluge of “new and critical” information all at once.

As clinicians who care for and counsel people with diabetes, we’ve become familiar with the concepts of delivering person-centered care and using shared decision-making.

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