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International Diabetes Center Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Glucose Algorithm

Gregg Simonson, Robert Cuddihy, Diane Reader & Richard Bergenstal

With the growing worldwide diabetes epidemic, the management of individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) will, out of necessity, be undertaken more by primarycare health providers and less by subspecialist diabetologists. To overcome the barriers to effective management of T2D, we will need to address the issue of clinical inertia by providing healthcare professionals with pragmatic evidence-based algorithms. The International Diabetes Center (MN, USA) has created an algorithm for T2D, which is customizable to local conditions and fosters discussion between the patient and provider of the risks and benefits