Diabetes Care Program of Nova Scotia: Celebrating 25 Years of Improving Diabetes Care in Nova Scotia

This article describes the model and highlights its key achievements.With balanced representation from frontline providers through to senior decision makers in health care, the DCPNS works across the age continuum, supporting the implementation of national clinical practice guidelines and, when necessary, developing provincial guidelines to meet local needs. The development and implementation of standardized documentation and data collection tools in all diabetes centres created a robust opportunity for the development and expansion of the DCPNS registry. This registry provides useful clinical and statistical information to staff, providers within the circle of care, management and senior leadership. Data are used to support individual care, program planning, quality improvement and business planning at both the local and the provincial levels.The DCPNS supports the sharing of new knowledge and advances through continuous education for providers. The DCPNS's ability to engage diabetes educators and key physician champions has ensured balanced perspectives in the creation of tools and resources that can be effective in real-world practice. The DCPNS has evolved to become an illustrative example of the chronic care model in action.RésuméLa mission du Programme de soins aux diabétiques de la Nouvelle-Écosse (DCPNS, de l'anglais Diabetes Care Program of Nova Scotia) vise à « améliorer, par le leadership et les partenariats, la santé des Néo-Écossais qui vivent avec le d...
Source: Canadian Journal of Diabetes - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research