Purpose Statement
The purpose of the meeting is to present the latest information and investigate the controversies about hospital care of diabetes. Management of diabetes in the hospital requires a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to achieve high quality of care. As reimbursement for hospital care is increasingly linked to achievement of metrics, the quality of diabetes management will be increasingly scrutinized both as primary endpoint as well as an enabling factor for better reimbursement. The International Hospital Diabetes Meeting will address medical, nursing, laboratory, regulatory and reimbursement issues with a goal of improved outcomes for hospitalized patients with diabetes.
