Clinical Practice Recommendations

D uring the past 2 years, Clinical Diabetes has published “Diabetes Foundation,” an eight-part series intended to explain and review facets of diabetes care for general physicians and physicians in training. The goal of the series has been to improve diabetes care for patients treated by such physicians because only a very small percentage of patients with diabetes have access to an endocrinologist. Although previous articles have focused on individual topics related to diabetes care and have reviewed available scientific data, this final article will focus on summarizing recommendations from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and integrating them as a set of clinical practice guidelines. Information…