Many Hospitals Fail to Achieve Routine Inpatient Glycemic Control

Hospitalist physicians are best positioned to lead these multidisciplinary glycemic groups using hospital level data, such as the aggregate RALS [Remote Automated Laboratory System] glucose results, to minimize hypoglycemia and meet consensus glucometric targets. However, tying glucometrics to patient outcomes instead of consensus opinions is the answer that our patients deserve, he said.

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