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Last updated Jan. 2006
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What We Want to Achieve Through Systems Changes

How to Bring Patient-Centered Care to Your Practice

All members of the health care team including front desk personnel and specialty providers should support the philosophy of patient-centered care. Health care system redesign and training about cultural aspects of care may be necessary to make care truly patient-centered. Learning patient self-management support skills take additional time and training. When hiring a nurse or a dietitian, if possible, select an individual who is a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). If facilities cannot afford to hire a full-time CDE, other CDEs in the community could be contacted for periodic assistance in an office or clinic setting or for referral.

Patient referral to a CDE and a dietitian elsewhere in the community can help meet patient needs and support self-management efforts.
To find a CDE in your community contact: www.aadenet.org
To find a dietitian in your community contact: www.eatright.org

A number of organizations provide resources that help facilities implement patient-centered care.  Go to Resources for details and links to these organizations.

  • The American Association of Diabetes Educators promotes the expertise of the diabetes educator, ensuring the delivery of quality diabetes self-management and identifies diabetes educators in local communitites.
  • The American Diabetes Association endorses the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs and assesses whether applicants meet the National Standards. An application and tools are available.
  • The American Dietetic Association promotes optimal nutrition, health and well-being and identifies dietitians in local communitites.
  • The NCQA/ADA Diabetes Physician Recognition Program assesses physicians’  performance on measures of care for adults with diabetes and for children with diabetes.  
  • Diabetes Research and Training Centers' Prevention and Control Divisions offer a range of educational materials, including videotapes, curricula, and program guides for health professionals.
  • The Indian Health Service offers an Integrated Diabetes Education
    Recognition Program and provides sample materials for developing quality
    diabetes education programs.

Please note: This link takes you outside the Better Diabetes Care website. The NDEP does not endorse or otherwise guarantee the accuracy of links that take you off this website.


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