TRIP

Diabetes Working Group White Paper

Glycosmedia, 2012

interrelated in that patients’ ability to meet their treatment goals and adhere to their prescribed
providers identified lack of time with patients as a central obstacle to providing optimal diabetes
90-95 percent of the total diabetes population, had type 2 diabetes; rates for patients with type 1
organizations and initiatives focused on patient, structural, and technological barriers, and these
as either a private clinic or office (44.3 percent) or as a hospital outpatient or inpatient setting
In addition to identifying barriers, survey participants ranked the barriers they selected, including
interrelated in that patients’ ability to meet their treatment goals and adhere to their prescribed
Counsel on self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG); monitor and discuss maintenance of optimal level of
Monitor/evaluate risk of coronary heart disease (including performance of annual lipid profile and discussion)
Measure serum creatinine at least annually; also monitor for celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease
Perform annual comprehensive foot examination to identify risk factors predictive of ulcers and amputations;