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Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic lifelong disease whose management requires ongoing collaboration among a team of health care providers and the patient. Although primary care physicians (PCPs) provide the majority of diabetes care, they are unable to meet the ongoing and growing demands of diabetes management by themselves, needing instead to be a part of an amplified care system. Management of complex chronic illnesses is given insufficient attention, with inadequate time for physician-patient interactions, and with diabetes often treated alongside other chronic conditions. It is unrealistic to expect chronic diseases, such as diabetes, to be managed in a health care system designed for acute conditions.[1].