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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.

• 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.
• 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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