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Diabetes clinical resources

Use these tools to improve quality of care and educate your diabetes patients.

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Diabetes
Clinical practice guidelines
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Management of diabetes mellitus (187KB PDF)
Treating patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Updated 12/2010
Practice management
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Diabetes patient flow sheet (51KB PDF)
Use this flow sheet adapted from the ADA's 2003 clinical practice recommendations to monitor your patients with diabetes over a period of two years.
Updated 11/2004
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Type 2 diabetes glycemic treatment algorithm(146KB PDF)
This tool is designed to assist with provider decision-making for the treatment of hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Updated 02/2009
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Insulin initiation guidelines for type 2 diabetes (98KB PDF)
Use this algorithm as guide for initiating and adjusting insulin in your type 2 diabetes patients.
Updated 09/2007
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Crossing the Quality Chasm for Diabetes Care: The Power of One Physician, His Team, and Systems Thinking" (89KB PDF)
An article from the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine:
Published 05/2007
Patient education
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Diabetes patient information (55KB PDF)
General information about what diabetes is, how it is treated and how it affects a patient's body.
Updated 08/2007
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Key diabetes tests and results tracking sheet (62KB PDF)
This form outlines common health tests and evaluations for diabetics. Patients may use this form to track these regular tests and their results.
Updated 10/2007
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Diabetic retinopathy evaluation (61KB PDF)
Your patients may use this form to document and communicate the results of their annual eye exam. Ask your patients to return this completed form to you for your records.
Updated 04/2009
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Diabetes, Smoking and Your Health handout (60KB PDF)
Explains the effect of smoking on different parts of the body, especially for people at risk of, or who have, diabetes. Prepared by the Michigan Tobacco Quitline program.
Updated 3/2009
Web page
Cholesterol, triglycerides and diabetes (English)
Cholesterol, triglycerides and diabetes (Spanish)
This section of the ADA website provides patients with helpful information about cholesterol and diabetes.
Updated 03/2008
Web page
High blood pressure and diabetes (English)
High blood pressure and diabetes (Spanish)
This section of the ADA website provides patients with helpful information about high blood pressure and diabetes.
Updated 03/2008

Priority Health programs

HealthyEncountersSM - Diabetes
Refer your patients to case management services: 616 481-9701

Diabetes links


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