Texas Diabetes - The Newsletter of the Texas Diabetes Council, Spring 2012

Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent this bulletin at 10/01/2012 10:51 AM CDT / Este e-mail ha sido enviado por Texas Health and Human Services Commission el 10/01/2012 10:51 AM CDT
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Summer 2012

Texas Diabetes

Regional Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiatives Featured at August TDC Meeting

The Texas Diabetes Council's Outcomes Subcommittee heard presentations from state healthcare systems striving to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes in August.  The subcommittee's agenda included five initiatives conducted by healthcare coalitions, federally qualified health centers, clinics for the underserved, the state's Medicare quality improvement organization, and a health maintenance organization (HMO).  
Download the full issue to read more.
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November is National Diabetes Month

In observance of National Diabetes Month, the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and its partners are changing the way diabetes is treated by working together to help people better understand how to make the necessary changes in their day-to-day life in order to prevent type 2 diabetes, manage their diabetes to prevent complications, and live healthier lives.  NDEP's online library of behavior change resources, Diabetes HealthSense, provides users with a searchable database of research, tools, and programs to address the wide array of psychosocial and lifestyle-change challenges associated with diabetes self-management. 
 National Diabetes Month 2012
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Food Day 2012
The Texas Department of State Health Services Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section recognizes Food Day, October 24, 2012.  Food Day is a national campaign created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CPSI) to celebrate healthy, affordable foods produced in humane, sustainable ways. 
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Diabetes Tool Kit Updates

The following Texas Diabetes Council algorithms and guidelines have been updated at www.tdctoolkit.org:
 Diabetes Tool Kit
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Read more . . .

Download the full Summer 2012 issue of Texas Diabetes at:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/diabetes/hcnewslt.shtm

Also in this issue:

  • The Texas Diabetes Prevention and Control Program encourages organizations in Texas that offer education and support to persons with diabetes to visit www.diabeteslocal.org and add or recommend their community resources for inclusion in the Diabetes Local database.
  • The School Day Just Got Healthier Toolkit provides resources that support the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guide for Partnering with Pharmacists
  • CDC Health Equity Resource Toolkit to Address Obesity Disparities
  • Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes:  A User's Guide published by the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • AHRQ looks at evidence for the Comprehensive Patient-Centered Medical Home model
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