Diabetes Management

Diabetes Management Site

Resources and protocols to improve the management of diabetes at Clinica Martin-Baro.

What do patients need?
-The proper standard of care for diabetes
-Basic education on what diabetes is, and why it's important to control it
-Counseling on diet, exercise
-medication adherence counseling
-A support group

How can we get them that?
1. Improve charting to ensure diabetes patients have everything properly tracked
2. Ensure people know how to get ophtho and podiatry appointments
3. Patient Advocates —> counseling for diet, exercise, general info on diabetes
a. Work with Pharm to ensure patient has adequate refills on meds
4. Med students - medication adherence counseling!
5. Create support group