A Word from the 2013 Diabetes Educator of the Year

Like us, you may wonder what qualifies a CDE to win the national award for Diabetes Educator of the Year?Joanne Rinker was recently named Diabetes Educator of the Year for 2013 (they’re picked in advance of the coming year). She’s a North Carolina…

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BDA asks Cameron to honour pledge on health regulation BDA asks Cameron to honour the Government’s pledge on health reform The British Dental Association (BDA) has called on the Government to issue a timetable on its plans to reform health regulation. Today’s Queen’s Speech was devoid of references to reform of healthcare regulation, whilst in 2013, in the wake of the Francis Inquiry, the Prime Minster pledged to ‘sweep away’ the ‘outdated and inflexible’ law governing health regulators. The call was supported by professional associations, trade unions and the healthcare regulators themselves and so the UK Law Commissions subsequently produced a draft bill on reform of healthcare regulation, but it...
Joslin’s CEO on the DiabetesMine Summit: "Insurer Model is Outdated" John Brooks III is CEO of the legendary Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. He's unique as the leader of an academic medical center, in that he has a strong background in industry -- having previously co-founded Insulet (makers of the OmniPod) and t......
What’s an orthodontist? A third of the UK population doesn’t know what an orthodontist does The alarming results of a survey released today found that only 64{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of people could correctly identify that an orthodontist specialises in straightening teeth. The survey was conducted on behalf of an organisation called The Invisible Orthodontist a network of specialist orthodontists throughout the UK, and highlights that consumer we are confused about specialists within the dental profession. Approximately half of those surveyed (48{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}) were unaware that a specialist orthodontist had completed up to three vital years of extra training after qualifying as a dentist (with 56{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of...
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Sunday Funnies: Keeping Tabs Diabetes Police, anyone... ? Thanks again to the talented Jerry King, an accomplished worldwide cartoonist and all-around mega-talented guy who draws for us regularly....