(upbeat music) - Hello, and welcome to Making Diabetes Technology Work, a nine-part accredited continuing education series for healthcare professionals presented by the American Diabetes Association. I'm Dr. Samar Hafida of the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. - I'm Dr. Joseph Aloi, Wake Forrest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina. - Joe and I are honored to serve as co-chairs and faculty presenters for this excellent educational series that I'm confident you will enjoy. - Although some may say I'm overstating. I truly believe that incorporating technology into the care of people with diabetes has been as impactful as the isolation of insulin a hundred years ago. Connected glucose meters enable easy sharing and interpretation of blood glucose values in a way that's far ahead of manually entering glucose into log books that I've been looking at for many years. Continuous glucose monitoring or CGM, those devices provide previously unthought of wealth of information, and importantly engages our patients and their own self care. Perhaps lastly, COVID-19 has done many things to the medical community, but the pandemic has really changed the way medical care is delivered and the landscape of medical care delivery and particularly for our patients with diabetes. We have modern insulin delivery systems that are connected to CGM. We in our module are going to show you connectivity with looking at reports and the ability to very effectively manage patients remotely. And finally, the proliferation of smartphones and the many diabetes-related apps available for use on them, offers real opportunities to improve patient engagement in their own healthcare. I think altogether, these technologies have forever changed the landscape of diabetes care and greatly enhanced our ability to help our patients and perhaps most importantly, help improve the quality of life for our persons with diabetes. - You said it so well Joe, the content developed for this series was designed specifically to help our fellow healthcare providers become more comfortable with the emerging technology use in diabetes care and better understand how to harness the tremendous potential that has. And to illustrate how it's used, can improve the care of patients living with diabetes. So whether you are intrigued by technology and considering the possibility of implementing its use in your daily clinical practice, or have already embraced, embraced some forms of technology, but want to learn more about others, we have something here to meet your needs and interests. Although we encourage participants to view the entire series from start to finish, we do absolutely recognize that clinicians lives are especially busy in these challenging times. So the ADA has made each module available as a standalone program. And you can choose how many to view and whatever order works best for you. And the best part is the entire series is free. So, Joe, I think everybody's going to love this course. - I hope so. I think, I mean, I've enjoyed producing it with you and working with you. I really hope everyone enjoys it and learn something. And most importantly, take something to the office to help our patients with diabetes. - Absolutely, the goal is for everybody to have a great time. (upbeat music)

Making Diabetes Technology Work

healthcare professionals

technology

diabetes care

patient engagement