Primary care intervention reduces hypoglycemia risk from type 2 diabetes overtreatment in older adults
Endocrine SocietyA newly published quality improvement study shows how a simple intervention by health care providers reduced the number of older adult patients with type 2 diabetes at risk for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) by almost 50% and led to de-escalation of diabetes medications that cause hypoglycemia in 20% of patients.