Q-and-A with Dr. Vivian Fonseca
The move to electronic health records will be a key challenge for physicians in 2013, with significant time, cost and workflow issues that must be considered, says Dr. Vivian Fonseca, 2012 president, medicine & science, of the American Diabetes Association. He also says "patient-centered goals and how to set them as per the new ADA/EASD guidelines" will be a hot topic next year. Read the full interview.
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These are the stories read and shared most by DiabetesPro SmartBrief readers in 2012
Which of the following areas would you like to focus more on and discuss with your patients more in 2013?
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Diet and nutrition |
| 27% |
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Exercise |
| 19% |
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Medication adherence |
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Blood glucose testing |
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Do you or does your practice plan to invest more in health IT next year?
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62% |
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Yes |
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17% |
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No |
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17% |
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I don't know |
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6% |
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Maybe |
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Which area of diabetes should receive more attention from the health and medical communities -- including research, education and outreach -- in 2013?
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47% |
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Nutrition and diet |
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26% |
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Diagnosis and awareness |
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21% |
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Drug therapy and disease management |
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9% |
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Medication adherence |
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Which of the following do you think will see the most growth in 2013?
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32% |
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Hospital-owned practices |
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28% |
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Patient-centered medical homes |
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22% |
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Accountable care organizations |
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20% |
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Retail-based clinics |
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ADA President-elect Dr. John E. Anderson looks ahead to 2013
I continue to be struck by two glaring deficiencies that require attention if we expect to alter the course of the diabetes epidemic. The first is the continued underfunding of diabetes research at NIH, now a decades-old disparity that limits the innovations and potential breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately a cure for diabetes. Also, as we look toward the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act during 2013, we need to move quickly to address the critical workforce issues that may undermine access to care.
From the scientists doing bench research and conducting clinical trials, to the endocrinologists and experts in clinical care, to the providers of primary care, we stand as one Association committed to the concept of a "life free of diabetes and all its burdens."
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These are the quotes DiabetesPro SmartBrief readers shared most in 2012
To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.
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A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
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In times of change, learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
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