What's My Role In Managing My Diabetes and What Is My Doctor's Role? (0:52)
Is good diabetes care up to the patient or the doctor? In this WisePatient video, endocrinologist Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, of Scripps Health, says it's a partnership.
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It takes both and I'm not so sure that the help system has done a great job in being pro active and identifying the patients that are at risk or already have the disease, bringing them back when they should with a great notification system, providing them with all the education that's really required to help manage the disease.
And then on the flip side, you want the patient to actually come to these education sessions, and visits to be able to understand what they need to do as well. So, it's a 50/50 deal..
