Evidence-Based Resources Help Guide Treatment Options

According to the most current data available, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. The California Association for Nurse Practitioners is partnering with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on an important initiative to ensure you have reliable resources that support evidence-based medicine on diabetes. AHRQ’s free Effective Health Care Program resources help your patients explore treatment options for diabetes, compare the benefits and risks of each, and prepare to discuss them with you. Patient treatment summaries specific to diabetes in English and Spanish are available for you to share with your patients, including:

• Medicines for Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of the Research for Adults
• Comparing Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
• Methods for Delivering Insulin and Monitoring Blood Sugar: A Review of the Research for Children, Teens, and Adults With Diabetes

Resources for health care professionals include clinician research summaries, educational slide sets, podcasts, and webcasts that help you get the “clinical bottom line” on treatment effectiveness. You also have access to free, accredited continuing medical education/continuing education (CME/CE) activities, including:

• Management of an Adult With Type 2 Diabetes With Antidiabetic Medications: A Case Scenario
• Comparing Medicines for Type 2 Diabetes
• Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring Methods for Diabetes Mellitus: Comparative Effectiveness
• Comparing the Benefits and Risks of Oral Medications for Type 2 Diabetes: An Interactive, Case-Based Approach

Additional CME/CE activities specific to diabetes are available online.

To order free print copies of patient treatment summaries and consumer research summaries, call the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 800-358-9295 and use code C-02.

These resources are provided through CANP’s partnership with AHRQ, providing free evidence-based resources that summarize the benefits and risks of different treatment options for common health conditions based on comparative effectiveness research. For more information, visit effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov or sign up for AHRQ's newsletter, the EHC Inside Track.