Reposting Kellie's Blog - this is important and now is the time to get engaged to help move us forward!
The Vision for the Specialty is:
To drive outcomes through the integration of diabetes clinical management, education, prevention and support.
There are 6 associated strategies to drive the vision:
Drive Integration: The integration of diabetes clinical management, self-management, prevention and support.
Leverage Technology: To drive diabetes care, education and support - includes technology in the areas of diabetes devices and healthcare delivery.
Behavioral Health: The promotion and integration of behavioral health.
Include Related Conditions: The integration of cardio-metabolic and related conditions.
Promote Person-Centered Care: Advocating for equity to person-centered care.
Achieve the Quadruple Aim: Optimize diabetes care delivery, patient and provider experience, quality, safety and costs.
For those of us working in a population health framework to provide care at scale - Population assessment, stratification, engagement, communication strategies, patient-centered interventions and outcome measures, these six AADE Vision strategies are all embedded within it. What an opportunity it provides the specialty to improve patient and system outcomes, and importantly raise awareness of diabetes educators as excellent and underutilized resources for patients, the care team and the organizations or health systems for whom we work.
So, please stimulate important discussion. Ask your colleagues:
What are your current thoughts on the Vision for the Specialty?
What new opportunities might it provide your service, your patients and your organization?
Then please share these discussions on the Discussion Forum just sent out on this topic.
If you or your colleagues have questions about the Vision, please email AADE at: AADEvision@aadenet.org
What an exciting year ahead for us!
Kellie Rodriguez, RN, MSN, MBA, CDE
Population Health COI Co-leader