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Latest News from AIM
Diabetes Management Clinic changes and the return of DSME!
We’re excited to announce that Angelica Santana RD is joining AIM as a diabetes educator. In the mornings she will be seeing together with residents in Diabetes Management Clinic. In the afternoons she will provide diabetes self-management education and training to all of our patient with diabetes. To summarize:
Diabetes Management clinic (previously with a resident and pharmD):
The clinic will be staffed by a resident who can titrate medications and Angelica who will provide education.
- Who to refer: Patients with poorly controlled diabetes (A1c >9)
- When does it meet: Every morning
- How to refer: “Onsite Service Referral – Diabetes Management Pharmacist” (stay tuned for an updated referral name soon)
Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME):
Angelica will have afternoon sessions to meet individually with patients and provide self-management education that targets patient specific barriers.
- Who to refer: Any patient with diabetes
- When does it meet: Every afternoon (except Thursday)
- How to refer: “Diabetes self-management education/training (DSME/T)” order - NOT THE REFERRAL IN THE AIM ORDER SET
Social work update
A belated welcome to Marlen Gonzalez who joins the 207 team as a social worker! She has previously worked at Mt. Sinai and in the outpatient clinical setting. She’s bilingual and a great addition to our team. We’re excited to have her on board.
Ambulatory Read of the Week
The Accomplish Trial
An oldy but a goody. The only trial comparing cardiovascular outcomes for specific combinations of BP meds, this RCT demonstrated a decrease in major adverse cardiovascular events for amlodipine and benazepril compared to HCTZ and benazepril (9.6% vs 11.8%, HR 0.80, P < 0.001). Food for thought! Some questions raised by this trial (courtesy of the Uptodate page):
- Is the ACE/dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (A/dC) combination the preferred regimen in previously untreated patients who require two drugs because they are more than 20/10 mmHg above goal?
- Should patients being treated with the combination of an ACE inhibitor/ARB and a thiazide diuretic who are at goal and doing well be switched to A/dC? Approximately 75 percent of patients in ACCOMPLISH had previously been treated with two or more antihypertensive drugs.
- In patients being treated with and having responded to a thiazide diuretic who require a second antihypertensive drug, should the thiazide be discontinued and the patient started on A/dC?
- Does ACCOMPLISH affect the choice of monotherapy, with a long-acting ACE inhibitor/ARB or a long-acting dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker being preferred so that the second class can be added if the patient responds but does not reach goal with the initial drug?