The Kentucky Diabetes Network’s Health Plan Partners Committee has developed a new durable tool for practitioner office usage to assist in the glycemic management of Type 2 diabetes.   The new tool utilizes Diabetes Care Algorithms for Type 2 Diabetes which were taken with permission from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Road Maps which can be found in the May/June issue of Endocrine Practice, Vol. 13, Issue 3, 2007, pages 262– 264 AND the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Consensus Statement, Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes : A Consensus Algorithm for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy, 2006 (Diabetes Care, Volume 29, Number 8, August 2006, p. 1963—1972).

The new tool with the printed algorithms serve as sample guides to assist diabetes practitioners in improving care associated with diabetes. The algorithms are not intended to replace or preclude clinical judgment or more intensive management. The tool is to be used as a quick reference to simplify diabetes treatments and as a way to improve care to patients with Type 2 diabetes.
 
For a copy of the new tool, you may download it here or contact Reita Jones, RN, BSN, Kentucky Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, at reita.jones@ky.gov or call 502-564-7996. 

Other new tools on diabetes prevention include:  

• If you have diabetes, know your blood sugar numbers!
• Kentucky Diabetes Fact Sheet (updated January 2008)
• NDEP Diabetes Numbers at a Glance