Description
Given the fact that people with diabetes interact with pharmacists more than any other healthcare professional, pharmacists have an opportunity to improve the care provided to people with diabetes and increase pharmacy professional services. This can be accomplished through quickly assessing control and determining the most effective method to address any glycemic excursions and working collaboratively with the patient’s team to improve health outcomes.
New diabetes technologies are allowing people with diabetes to collect tremendous amounts of information that can provide a picture of overall control. To properly manage diabetes, patients and healthcare professionals must be able to interpret and act on this information. As the amount of information collected continues to increase, healthcare professionals and patients will need tools to help to identify patterns and make suggestions to optimize diabetes management.
Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP) provides a visual presentation of a large amount of glycemic data in a format that is easy to interpret and understand. This program will review AGP and the use of this valuable tool for pharmacists to improve patient care in people with diabetes.