Effectiveness of Prediabetes Nutrition Shared Medical Appointments: Prevention of Diabetes

Conclusions
As demands on health care providers continue to rise, finding innovative ways to manage the patient load while providing quality health care is increasingly important. SMA health outcomes were equivalent to individual counseling outcomes, while increasing the provider’s productivity by treating 6 to 8 people with prediabetes in 90 minutes compared to 1 patient in 60 minutes.

Source: The Diabetes Educator - May 17, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Cole, R. E., Boyer, K. M., Spanbauer, S. M., Sprague, D., Bingham, M. Tags: Features Source Type: research