Diabetes Pro Quarterly - Winter 2018 - 8

PROFESSIONAL NEWS

DPP Charting Aid Available

Provider-Patient Relationship continued from page 7
What's at Risk?
To understand what's at stake here, we must look to larger population trends for context,
such as an increase in comorbidities and an alarming rise in the number of patients with
diabetes (now 7.2% of the total U.S. population). When the geometrically increasing
volume of diabetes patients crashes into an insufficient number of trained endocrinologists, we have a problem. Even among those trained, Harlan says, many may not want to
see patients with diabetes. These patients require visits of 30-45 minutes, when a thyroid
case can be seen in 10 minutes. "If driven purely by the finances of medicine, rather than
a passion for patients with diabetes," he says, "it's hard to practice in this environment.
Diabetes for the patient is a second full-time job."
Harlan projects that fewer and fewer people will go into this specialty. With medical
students leaving school $200,000-400,000 in debt, new physicians may feel compelled
to follow the money. And with only about 6,000 adult endocrinologists in the country
(many not seeing patients with diabetes) and the threat of a decrease in future trainees,
knowledge of diabetes care is becoming a limited commodity.
Across the board, we heard our providers express excitement for diabetes-related
technology-but with an ask: that device companies engage with them early on.
Technology developers still need the expertise of providers in diabetes care, provider
workflows, and patient needs. Providers in turn need the expertise of those developing
technology to protect, enable, and grow relationships between providers and patients.
According to Harlan, "The rising tide will raise all boats."

Managing diabetes is exhausting,
and patients need support and
empowerment to live their best life.
The American Diabetes Association
is recommending that diabetes care
providers routinely screen patients for psychosocial issues and make referrals to
mental health providers with experience treating patients with diabetes. Our new
Mental Health Provider Referral Directory can help you locate mental health
professionals in your area who have experience with diabetes. For more information,
visit professional.diabetes.org/mhdirectory.
This directory was made possible by generous support from The Helmsley
Charitable Trust.

The American Diabetes Association
(ADA) Education Recognition Program
(ERP) has expanded its Chronicle
Diabetes electronic charting system to
include Diabetes Prevention Program
(DPP) charting and report generation
that aligns with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) DPP
recognition requirements. The charting
platform is an easy-to-navigate way to
input data and generate CDC-required
reports.
The ADA is committed to ensuring that
the DPP charting platform continues to
align with the revised 2018 CDC DPP
Standards and the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services DPP reimbursement
guidelines. The platform is available for a
minimal fee to DPP providers regardless
of whether they are also ADA-recognized
diabetes self-management education and
support services.
To learn more about the platform and
its capabilities, please submit a DPP
Platform Interest Form (available from
bit.ly/2Clr3O8), and an ERP staff member
will contact you.
The ERP team also hosts a free monthly
DPP Documentation Platform webinar.
Please visit the ERP Q/A Call Schedule
(available from bit.ly/2lQmrcC) to learn
more and to register.

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