ADCES Podcasts

ADCES is proud to bring you a new podcast for your personal and professional growth. The Huddle: Conversations with the Diabetes Care Team features perspectives, issues and updates to inform your practice and elevate your role. Each episode dives into a variety of topics that directly impact your work in diabetes, prediabetes and cardiometabolic care; from advocacy to technology to new ways to support your clients. 

How do I listen to ADCES's podcast?

The Huddle is available on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review it's a big help in spreading the word! You can also listen right here on this page where we keep our latest episodes. 

Latest Episodes

EPISODE SUMMARY

As the price of insulin and non-insulin medications continues to skyrocket, it’s important to know what resources exist for people with diabetes. In this episode, we hear from ADCES spokesperson and affordability expert Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES. We discuss the latest programs, copay cards and other assistance options available to your clients and how they can access them.

Resources:

• Access affordability resources at DiabetesEducator.org/Affordability

• To access the insulin cost-savings resource: https://www.diabeteseducator.org/docs/default-source/practice/educator-tools/insulin-cost-saving-resources-3-4-19.pdf?sfvrsn=2

• To access the non-insulin medications cost-savings resource: https://www.diabeteseducator.org/docs/default-source/practice/educator-tools/non-insulin-agents-cost-saving-resource-7-29-19.pdf?sfvrsn=2

EPISODE SUMMARY

We’re discussing professional continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) — the topic of ADCES' new implementation playbook developed with in partnership with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Tune in to learn how a professional CGM program within a healthcare setting offers valuable opportunities to educate people with diabetes about their unique glucose patterns, promote data-driven behavior change, and develop a new revenue stream for their health system. Patty Scalzo joins us to share her experience as a nurse practitioner who has been implementing professional CGM programs for years. She is also (the/an) author of the new professional CGM playbook and will introduce you to the step-by-step guidance provided in the new resource.

Resources:

• Professional CGM Playbook: DiabetesEducator.org/ProfessionalCGM

• A View Beyond HbA1c: Role of Continuous Glucose Monitoring: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531520/

• Clinical Targets for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Interpretation: Recommendations From the International Consensus on Time in Range: https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/diacare/42/8/1593.full.pdf

• Evaluation of the Cascade of Diabetes Care in the United States, 2005-2016: https://www.diabeteseducator.org/docs/default-source/new-and-publications/podcast-the-huddle/jamainternal_kazemian_2019_oi_190050-(1).pdf

EPISODE SUMMARY

We’ve got some exciting news to share with you! As of January 22, 2020 we are the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES)! 2020 ADCES President Kellie Antinori-Lent joins us to introduce herself and help you better understand the association's new name, where it came from and how it impacts the work of diabetes care and education specialists.

Resources:

• More information about the association's rebrand: DiabetesEducator.org/ADCES
• Project Vision: DiabetesEducator.org/Vision
• Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE): NCBDE.org

EPISODE SUMMARY

Dr. Mick Davidson joins us to discuss automated insulin delivery systems. He's breaking down what they are, how they work and the options available commercially and in the do-it-yourself space. He's also sharing several resources and communities where people can explore the topic further.

Resources:

• Beta Bionics: betabionics.com/
• OpenAPS.org: openaps.org/
• Looped Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/TheLoopedGroup/
• LoopDocs: loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/
• DiaTribe: diatribe.org/
• Clinicaltrials.gov: clinicaltrials.gov/

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EPISODE SUMMARY

Author, spokesperson and diabetes care and education specialist Hope Warshaw RD, CDE, BC-ADM joins the Huddle to discuss peer support, the topic of ADCES’s new perspectives in practice paper. In this episode, she shares practical tips on how you can use peer support to complement the care, introduces useful assessment tools found in the paper, and illustrates how you can adapt and individualize the information to fit the needs of your practice and clients.

Resources:

• ADCES's Peer Support for Healthcare Professionals Content Page
• ADCES's Peer Support Perspectives in Practice Paper 
• Lifescan Diabetes Institute Webinar: The Social Context of Managing Diabetes
• Peers for Progress
• Educators and Peer Support Communities: Working Together for the Good of People with Diabetes
  In October 2017 ADCES worked with the technology work group to bring together stakeholders from the peer support communities and ADCES/diabetes educator communities to identify ways in which both groups can work together to better serve those affected by diabetes. This is a report from that meeting.
• Building Bridges Through Collaboration and Consensus: Expanding Awareness and Use of Peer Support and Peer Support Communities Among People With Diabetes, Caregivers, and Health Care Providers
  Hope Warshaw, David Edelman
  First published November 4, 2018