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Do you review the occurrence and risk for hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes at every encounter?
2
Are your patients with diabetes prepared for an episode of severe hypoglycemia?
3
Do you know whether your at-risk patients have an active prescription for glucagon?
These tools and educational resources were compiled from a CME/CE initiative and Quality Improvement (QI) program sponsored by Purdue University College of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL), and supported by an educational grant from Lilly.
Hear from our expert faculty on why
these tools are essential for your practice:
The program we’ve developed has a lot of different aspects so that we really can meet the needs of healthcare providers so that at the end of the day they feel much more comfortable about hypoglycemia. These tools are important to me because you may not always have an opportunity to develop your own tools or find tools that meet the needs of your clinical practice.
Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Henry Ford Health System
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and Mineral Disease
Detroit, MI
Henry Ford Health System
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and Mineral Disease
Detroit, MI
I think initiatives such as this one are so important to help us as clinicians keep track of all of the things that we need to keep track of when dealing with a patient, but in particular with our patients with diabetes – the notion of preparing them in case an episode of severe hypoglycemia occurs and making sure they have the tools to treat it if an episode happens.
Anne Louise Peters, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Tools
Resources
Hypoglycemia Assessment
Selecting Glucagon
Patient Education Materials
- Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists' hypoglycemia treatment planning roadmap
- Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists' managing low blood sugar: tip sheet
- Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists' patient education video
- Patient education site for Baqsimi®
- Patient education site for GlucaGen® HypoKit®
- Patient education site for Gvoke®
- Patient education site for Zegalogue®