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National
Diabetes Education Program
ndep.nih.gov
The
National Diabetes Education Program has developed a number of unique
education materials that address the needs of diverse populations.
Publications are copyright-free and may be duplicated and distributed. You
can find the materials in a variety of formats for physicians and other health care professionals including pharmacists, podiatrists, optometrists, and dental professionals that address diabetes prevention, foot care, numbers at a glance, guiding principles, pediatric care, diabetes medications, and team care. Many materials for patients are also available.
National Guidelines Clearinghouse
See the National Guidelines Clearinghouse for guidelines on diabetes care
www.guideline.gov (search engine)
AHRQ’s Evidence-Based Practice Reports
Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies, Fact Sheet
HTML www.ahrq.gov/qual/diabetesgap.htm
PDF www.ahrq.gov/qual/diabetesgap.pdf
Diabetes Mellitus, Islet Transplantation
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/islettp.htm
Diabetes Mellitus, Use of Glycated Hemoglobin and Microalbuminuria
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/glycatp.htm
Ayurvedic Treatments for Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/ayurvtp.htm
Diabetes: Quality Improvement
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/dbgap2tp.htm
AHRQ’s Synthesis -- Research in Action
Improving Care for Diabetes Patients Through Intensive Therapy and a Team Approach
HTML www.ahrq.gov/research/diabria/diabetes.htm
PDF www.ahrq.gov/research/diabria/diabria.pdf
AHRQ’s Health Technology Assessment
Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention for the Management of Physical Health Problems—Impact on Management of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (2004).
Not available electronically.
Compendium
and Toolkit from America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
www.takingondiabetes.org/practices/compendium.htm
The AHIP Compendium and Toolkit were developed for the first annual
Taking on Diabetes: Care in the New Millennium conference, August
3-5, 1999 in Washington, DC. The conference, sponsored by the American Association of Health Plans (now AHIP),
the Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services or CMS), and the American Diabetes Association
(ADA), focused on three elements of successful diabetes care: medical
management, worksite health programs, and community partnerships.
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Compendium. The Compendium includes peer-reviewed abstracts
of published studies demonstrating improvement in diabetes health
care, peer review organization national projects on diabetes,
and community and worksite projects.
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Toolkit. The toolkit contains outreach tools targeting
patients, providers, and the community, as well as organizational
flow sheets and charts designed to assist providers and health
plans in the provision of high-quality diabetes care. The tools
can be utilized as is or can be adapted or modified to meet an
organization's needs.
Tool
kit contents
Section 1 - Models for Improvement
- Improving performance in a primary care office. Adelman AM,
Harris RI.
- Improving diabetes preventive care in a family practice residency
program: A case study in continuous quality improvement. Fox
CH, Mahoney MC.
- Prevention of amputation diabetic education. Malone JM, Synder
M, Anderson G, et al.
- A population-based approach to diabetes management in a primary
care setting: Early results and lessons learned. McCulloch DK,
Price MJ, Hindmarsh M, Wagner EH.
- Management of patients with diabetes by nurses with support
of subspecialists. Peters AL, Davidson MB, Ossorio RC.
Section
2 - Flowsheets
- Diabetes Mellitus Minimum Practice Recommendations Flow Sheet
(Texas Medical Foundation)
- Diabetes Checkpoints (Peer Review Systems, Inc.)
- Diabetic Care Flow Sheet (Michigan Peer Review Organization)
Oregon Diabetes Project - Draft Flowsheet for Encounter Data Collection
- Diabetes Care Flow Sheet (HealthInsight - Nevada)
- Clinic Data Collection Tool for Diabetes (HealthInsight - Utah)
Arizona Managed Medicare Quality Enhancement Program, Clinical
Quality Indicator Record for Diabetes
- Patient Flow Chart/Diabetes (West Virginia Medical Institute,
Inc.)
Diabetic Progress Record (Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality,
Inc.)
- Diabetes Care Flowsheet (Iowa Foundation for Medical Care)
Section
3 - Algorithms
- Pharmacological Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes (Texas Diabetes
Council)
- Adult Diabetes Health Management Program (HealthPartners Health
Plans, Inc.)
- Clinical Guideline: Diabetes Mellitus in Adults (HealthPartners
Health Plans, Inc.)
- Glycemic Control in Type II Diabetes (Georgia Medical Care Foundation)
- Microalbuminuria Screening Urine Albumin:Creatinine Ratio, Management
Urine Albumin: Creatinine Ratio (Georgia Medical Care Foundation
Section
4 - Patient Education
- Over Sixty...with Diabetes (Iowa Foundation for Medical Care)
LEAP Program Diabetic Foot Screening Test
- Personal Diabetes Care Record (MetaStar, Inc.)
- If You Are a Patient with Diabetes, Please Remember the Importance
of a Medical Checkup. (Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality,
Inc.)
- Diabetes Checkmate (Peer Review Systems, Inc.)
- Checklist for Diabetic Management (Virginia Health Quality Center)
Section
5 - Practitioner Tools
If You Are a Patient with Diabetes... (Oklahoma Foundation for
Medical Quality, Inc.)
Shoes and Socks: take 'em off! (California Medical Review,
Inc.)
Prevent Complications of Diabetes stickers (California Medical
Review, Inc.)
Attention! Patients with Diabetes (MetaStar, Inc.)
Intervention Suggestions for the Diabetes Care Project-in-a-Box
(Iowa Foundation for Medical Care)
Section
6 - Abstraction Tools
- Public Domain Medical Record Abstraction Software
- The Diabetes Quality Improvement Project (DQIP) Abstraction
Toolkit (MedQuest software).
- DQIP Paper Data Abstraction Tool.
- Epidemiological Information. Assessment of Diabetes Care (Indian
Health Service)
- Diabetic Outpatient Management Document
Section
7 - Diabetes-Related Websites
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