ADA STAN­DARDS, STATE­MENTS, RE­PORTS, AND RE­VIEWS

The ADA has been ac­tive­ly in­volved in de­vel­op­ing and dis­sem­i­nat­ing di­a­betes care clin­i­cal prac­tice rec­om­men­da­tions and re­lat­ed doc­u­ments for more than 30 years. The ADA Stan­dards of Care is an es­sen­tial re­source for health care pro­fes­sion­als car­ing for peo­ple with diabetes. ADA State­ments, Con­sen­sus Re­ports, and Sci­en­tific Re­views sup­port the rec­om­men­da­tions in­clud­ed in the Stan­dards of Care.

Stan­dards of Care

The an­nu­al Stan­dards of Care sup­ple­ment to Di­a­betes Care con­tains the official ADA po­si­tion, is au­thored by the ADA, and pro­vides all of the ADA’s cur­rent clin­i­cal prac­tice rec­om­men­da­tions.

ADA State­ment

An ADA state­ment is an official ADA point of view or be­lief that does not con­tain clin­i­cal prac­tice rec­om­men­da­tions and may be is­sued on ad­vo­ca­cy, pol­i­cy, eco­nom­ic, or med­i­cal is­sues re­lat­ed to diabetes. ADA state­ments un­der­go a for­mal re­view pro­cess, in­clud­ing a re­view by the ap­pro­pri­ate ADA na­tion­al committee, ADA clin­i­cal lead­er­ship, sci­ence and health care staff, and the ADA Board of Di­rec­tors.

Con­sen­sus Re­port

A con­sen­sus re­port on a par­tic­u­lar top­ic con­tains a com­pre­hen­sive ex­am­i­na­tion, is au­thored by an ex­pert pan­el (i.e., con­sen­sus pan­el), and rep­re­sents the pan­el’s col­lec­tive anal­y­sis, eval­u­a­tion, and opin­ion. The need for a con­sen­sus re­port aris­es when clin­i­cians, sci­en­tists, reg­u­la­tors, and/​or pol­i­cy mak­ers de­sire guid­ance and/​or clar­i­ty on a med­i­cal or sci­en­tific is­sue re­lat­ed to di­a­betes for which the ev­i­dence is con­tra­dic­to­ry, emerg­ing, or in­com­plete. Con­sen­sus re­ports may also high­light ev­i­dence gaps and pro­pose fu­ture re­search ar­eas to ad­dress these gaps. A con­sen­sus re­port is not an ADA po­si­tion but rep­re­sents ex­pert opin­ion only and is pro­duced un­der the aus­pices of the ADA by in­vit­ed ex­perts. A con­sen­sus re­port may be de­vel­oped af­ter an ADA Clin­i­cal Con­fer­ence or Re­search Sym­po­sium.

Sci­en­tif­ic Re­view

A sci­en­tific re­view is a bal­anced re­view and anal­y­sis of the lit­er­a­ture on a sci­en­tific or med­i­cal top­ic re­lat­ed to di­a­betes. A sci­en­tific re­view is not an ADA po­si­tion and does not con­tain clin­i­cal prac­tice rec­om­men­da­tions but is pro­duced un­der the aus­pices of the ADA by in­vit­ed ex­perts. The sci­en­tific re­view may pro­vide a sci­en­tific ra­tio­nale for clin­i­cal prac­tice rec­om­men­da­tions in the Stan­dards of Care. The cat­e­go­ry may also in­clude task force and ex­pert com­mit­tee re­ports.