SAN DIEGO -- The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) strives to provide its members and other healthcare providers with up-to-the-minute clinical information and ongoing educational opportunities. The following new initiative is designed to help physicians improve their quality of patient care and the quality of their patients’ lives.
The AAFP has established a Physician Panel on Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG) in Patients with Diabetes. The panel will offer guidance on the frequency and timing of SMBG in patients with type 2 diabetes. This practical application of previously published guidelines is the first of its kind and will be distributed to AAFP members in the form of an American Family Physician monograph in January 2003. The monograph will be adapted for patients and posted on the AAFP patient-education Web site, familydoctor.org.
This endeavor is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from LifeScan. LifeScan, a leading maker of blood glucose monitoring products, is dedicated to creating a world without limits for people with diabetes.
American Academy of Family Physicians Will Offer Guidance on Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Patients with Diabetes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Contact:
Adam Lee
American Academy of Family Physicians
(800) 274-2237 Ext. 5221
alee@aafp.org
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Founded in 1947, the AAFP represents 105,900 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the only medical society devoted solely to primary care.
Approximately one in four of all office visits are made to family physicians. That is 240 million office visits each year — nearly 87 million more than the next largest medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide more care for America’s underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty. Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care.
To learn more about the specialty of family medicine, the AAFP's positions on issues and clinical care, and for downloadable multi-media highlighting family medicine, visit www.aafp.org/media. For information about health care, health conditions and wellness, please visit the AAFP’s award-winning consumer Web site, www.FamilyDoctor.org.
