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what's on your plate?: Smart Food Choices for Healthy Aging
 It's never too late to make smarter food choices and add healthy habits to help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Making wise food choices as your patients grow older might appear challenging; however, it could be easier than you think.
The
What's On Your Plate? Smart Food Choices for Healthy Aging guide from
the National Institute on Aging (NIA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), shows patients how to make good food choices part of their daily life and adjust those choices as they grow older.
Download the guide here or click here to order up to 25 paper copies of this publication free-of-charge.
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avoid holiday weight gain: create a healthy Game Plan
 Sure, it's only human to be tempted this time of year; and you certainly wouldn't be the only person who might gain a little before the season is over. But it's important to monitor any possible weight gain.
Click here
for some simple tips from Weight Watchers to help you approach the season with a healthy perspective.
Weight Watchers is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved lifestyle change program that strives to inspire healthy habits for real life. Refer your patients to the Weight Watchers website to find a
studio location
and
program information
.
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eat healthier and enjoy the holidays: download free holiday eating guide
Making healthy food choices, understanding portion sizes and learning the best times to eat are central to managing diabetes; however, holiday seasons and special events can be especially challenging. Distribute this festive
Healthy Holiday Eating Guide to your patients this season, also available in
Spanish, from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
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e-learning: take advantage of upcoming webinars & e-courses
 Webinar: Project ECHO Introduction: Our Mission, Model & Impact
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ECHO Institute hosts this great opportunity to hear a 90-minute overview of the ECHO model and how it started, interact with others learning about ECHO for the first time, and meet members of the ECHO team.
Quality Insights is partnering with the CDC on Project ECHO, an innovative program that offers providers helpful information about the treatment and management of patients with hypertension and diabetes. Project ECHO is a collaborative model of medical education and care management that empowers clinicians everywhere to provide better care to more people, right where they live. If you have interest in participating in Project ECHO, please contact your local Quality Insights representative.
Webcast: Medication Adherence: Landscape, Strategies and Evaluation Methods
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This public meeting, convened under a cooperative agreement between the Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy at Duke University and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will explore (among other related topics) the current landscape of interventions intended to (a) track (monitor) medication adherence, (b) improve medication adherence, and (c) improve clinical outcome(s) due to increased medication adherence.
Webinar: Shared Decision-Making
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Join this American College of Cardiology webinar to learn how to have a more meaningful two-way exchange of information and discover techniques to ensure both you and your patients are one team making the best care decisions. Note: You must log in to ACC.org to register for this webinar. Please click the "Register Now" button after you have logged in to ACC.org.
CME Webinar #1: Health Disparities - Community Health Workers' Resources
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Learn more about health disparities and community health workers with the American Diabetes Association's webinar series! Register for 1, 2, or all 3 for free education and CME/CE. Upcoming dates for other webinars in the series will be announced in the near future.
Webinar: Target: BP: Improving BP Control through Policy Change
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The event will highlight practice resources that support evidence-based patient education, BP tracking, and compliant billing practices. Care teams will learn about expanded CMS coverage for ABPM and new CPT codes for SMBP, which allow primary care practitioners, practice managers and health care organizations that provide evidence-based care and submit claims associated with these clinical services.
 Webinar: Integrating Primary and Pharmacy Care: What Works for Patients?
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Join the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) for
a discussion of how to successfully manage and optimize patient medications in the context of primary care, as well as innovations in pharmacy and primary care integration.
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 mark your calendar: upcoming events
Do you know about a local diabetes prevention or hypertension events taking place near you? Email details to
Ashley Biscardi
if you'd like to have it featured in our upcoming newsletters.
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number NU58DP2018006563 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Publication number: DEDPH-HD-120619
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