The AJMC® Diabetes compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the chronic condition.
April 17th 2024
Experts explain how new diabetes technologies like continuous glucose monitors are transforming care beyond intensive insulin therapy, offering personalized insights and improving outcomes for patients of all treatment levels.
Hypertension Control in Ambulatory Care Patients With Diabetes
This paper explores hypertension control among patients with diabetes in a variety of ambulatory care settings. We also consider the role of sociodemographic factors.
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Technology-Driven Intervention to Improve Hypertension Outcomes in Community Health Centers
Health information technology that is implemented as part of a multifaceted quality improvement initiative can lead to improvements in hypertension care and outcomes.
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Ethnic Differences in the Development of Albuminuria: The DISTANCE Study
Despite uniform access to medical care, Filipinos, blacks, and Asians with diabetes developed albuminuria at higher rates than whites.
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Physician-Specific Variation in Medication Adherence Among Diabetes Patients
Physician-specific, aggregate patient medication adherence data vary significantly and provide an expanded focus for interventions to improve patient adherence to treatment.
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Evaluation of Value-Based Insurance Design With a Large Retail Employer
Retrospective analysis of value-based insurance design (VBID) showed the potential for VBID to improve adherence and reduce utilization and costs with active disease management counseling.
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Predictive Model for Emergency Hospital Admission and 6-Month Readmission
Predictive models for hospital admissions and readmissions in persons aged >65 years have been developed through a combination of comorbidity and previous healthcare use.
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Compliance, Persistence, and Switching Patterns for ACE Inhibitors and ARBs
This drug-utilization study in a prescription database of more than 50,000 patients analyzed compliance, persistence, and switching behavior for ACE inhibitors and ARBs.
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Mental Illness and Warfarin Use in Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation patients with mental illness are less likely to receive warfarin anticoagulation; those who do receive warfarin have excess risk of over-anticoagulation.
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Classification of Health Plans Based on Relative Resource Use and Quality of Care
This study examines variation among health plans in resource use and quality of care for patients with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease.
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