SHM BOOST Webinar Series

Accreditation and Designation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Blackwell Futura Media Services and the Society of Hospital Medicine. Blackwell Futura Media Services is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

Blackwell Futura Media Services designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be better able to:

• Synthesize and discuss the importance and prevalence of inpatient hyperglycemia / diabetes.
• Identify and describe current guidelines for glucose targets in the inpatient setting, the rationale for the targets, and the optimal methods to achieve the glycemic target safely in non-critical care settings.
• Identify appropriate insulin dosing and management for inpatients, and design proficient insulin regimens for patients in different situations (NPO, tube feeding, TPN, unexpected interruption of nutrition, etc.)
• Outline methods to manage transitions into the hospital, from infusion to subcutaneous insulin, and out of the hospital.
• Identify the important elements for a successful effort to improve the quality and safety of inpatient insulin management and how to ‘hard wire’ improvements into the system.