The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) “Standards of Care in Diabetes” (Standards of Care) is updated and published annually in a supplement to the January issue of Diabetes Care. Standards of Care is developed by the ADA’s interprofessional Professional Practice Committee for Diabetes, which comprises expert diabetes health care professionals. The Standards of Care includes the most current evidence-based recommendations for diagnosing and treating adults, children, and adolescents with all forms of diabetes.
On the following 47 pages, we provide an abridged version of the 2026 Standards of Care containing the evidence-based recommendations most pertinent to primary care—all presented in a user-friendly graphical format. The recommendations included here are substantively the same as those in the complete Standards of Care; the abridged version does not include references. The complete 2026 Standards of Care, including all supporting references, is available at https://professional.diabetes.org/SOC. The abridged graphical versions of each Standards of Care section are also available at https://diabetesjournals.org/collection/18339/2026-Abridged-Standards-of-Care.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
The complete “Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026” was developed by the ADA’s Professional Practice Committee for Diabetes: Mandeep Bajaj, MBBS, FRCP (Co-Chair); Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS (Co-Chair); Natalie J. Bellini, DNP; Elizabeth A. Beverly, PhD; Kathaleen Briggs Early, PhD, CDCES; Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui, MD, PhD; Nuha Ali ElSayed, MD, MMSc; Brendan M. Everett, MD, MPH; Rajesh Garg, MD; Lori M. Laffel, MD, MPH; Rayhan Lal, MD; Glenn Matfin, MB ChB, MSc (Oxon); Naushira Pandya, MD, FACP; Anne L. Peters, MD; Scott J. Pilla, MD, MHS; Giulio R. Romeo, MD; Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE; Alissa R. Segal, PharmD, CDCES; Emily D. Szmuilowicz, MD, MS; and Raveendhara R. Bannuru, MD, PhD.
Designated subject matter experts for the 2026 Standards of Care included Florence M. Brown, MD; Brian C. Callaghan, MD, MS; Sandeep R. Das, MD, MPH; Dave L. Dixon, PharmD, FACC; Andjela Drincic, MD; Osagie Ebekozien, MD, MPH; Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH; Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS; Mohamed Hassanein, CCST (U.K.), FRCP; Brynn E. Marks, MD, MSHPEd; Lisa Murdock; Nicola Napoli, MD, PhD; Aaron B. Nelson, MD; Archana R. Sadhu, MD, FACE; Arun J. Sanyal, MD; Alpana P. Shukla, MD, FTOS; Kimber M. Simmons, MD, MS; Shylaja Srinivasan, MD; Molly L. Tanenbaum, PhD; and Crystal C. Woodward, MPS. ADA scientific team members included Kirthikaa Balapattabi, PhD; Raveendhara R. Bannuru, MD, PhD; Allison K. Bennett, PhD; Sathyavathi ChallaSivaKanaka, PhD; Nuha Ali ElSayed, MD, MMSc (until 14 November 2025); Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS (starting 11 August 2025); and Elizabeth J. Pekas, PhD.
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Footnotes
*The American Diabetes Association’s Primary Care Advisory Group developed “Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 Abridged for Primary Care Professionals.” Members included Nay Linn Aung, Arshiya Baig, Kirthikaa Balapattabi, Raveendhara R. Bannuru, Allison K. Bennett, Leonard Bertheau, Sarah Bradley, Sathyavathi ChallaSivaKanaka, Jennifer D'Souza, Jennifer Gonzalez, Meaghan Kim, Cigy Methratta, Kevin Miller, Caitlin Nass, Cara Orr, Elizabeth J. Pekas, Kim Pfotenhauer, Scott Pilla, Summer Ross, Eva Tseng, Maya Venkataramani, and Ashley Williams.
Readers who wish to comment on the abridged or complete Standards of Care are invited to do so at https://professional.diabetes.org/SOC.
This article and each section of the 2026 abridged Standards of Care are part of a special article collection available at https://diabetesjournals.org/collection/18339/2026-Abridged-Standards-of-Care.
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Nay Linn Aung, Arshiya Baig, Kirthikaa Balapattabi, Raveendhara R. Bannuru, Allison K Bennett, Leonard Bertheau, Sarah Bradley, Sathyavathi ChallaSivaKanaka, Jennifer Gonzalez, Meaghan Kim, Cigy Methratta, Kevin Miller, Caitlin Nass, Cara Orr, Elizabeth J. Pekas, Kim Pfotenhauer, Scott Pilla, Summer Ross, Eva Tseng, Maya Venkataramani, and Ashley Williams