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In the mix of diabetes technology and clinical care, there may be significant benefit to assessing and addressing patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as depression, diabetes distress, hypoglycemic fear and attitudes toward diabetes technology. When used appropriately, PRO data can serve to guide and inform key aspects of clinical care. These data, for example, can help to determine whether or not the patient will be open to diabetes technology solutions, likely to benefit from them, and likely to stay with them over the long-term. More broadly, information from PROs can contribute to more meaningful conversations between clinicians and patients, help to identify and address obstacles to self-management (including problematic use of diabetes technology) as they arise, and serve to promote patients’ engagement in their own care. In this brief presentation, we will consider how PROs are used and misused in clinical practice, and will provide practical tips for how they may be used most effectively.