Diabetes model of care
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The diabetes model of care was presented to the State Health Executive Forum in February 2008.
Key objective
To ensure that diabetes services are best set up to:
- prevent or delay the onset of diabetes
- prevent and slow the progression of diabetic complications, especially heart disease, renal failure, impaired vision and lower limb amputations
- improve the quality of life of people who have diabetes
- reduce inequities in diabetes service provision, particularly for Aboriginal people and other disadvantaged groups
Prevention and management
The model of care addresses:
- community awareness and prevention
- prevention and early diagnosis in high risk groups
- optimal initial and long-term management
- early detection and optimal management of complications
- coordinated prevention and management of acute episodes
Priorities for implementation
- Enhance community-wide and targeted promotion of healthy environment and lifestyle to prevent diabetes and increase awareness of the health impact of diabetes and its complications.
- Improve coordination of community-based diabetes prevention and management services, including patient self-management.
- Reconfigure specialist services for optimal effectiveness.
- Ensure ready access to guidelines, protocols, decision aids and service directories for diabetes service providers and consumers.
- Develop systems of information and communication technology support to improve communication and data sharing between GPs and other service providers, improve service quality and to monitor services and outcomes.
- Increase investment in workforce training and development.
- Ensure ready availability of new technology for diabetes.
- Foster and support basic and clinical research in diabetes, and facilitate patient inclusion in clinical trials.