Alphabet Strategy for diabetes care: A multi-professional, evidence-based, outcome-directed approach to management  

作　　者：James D Lee Ponnusamy Saravanan Vinod Patel 

机构地区：[1]Diabetes and Endocrinology Centre, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust [2]Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom

出　　处：《World Journal of Diabetes》2015年第6期874-879,共6页世界糖尿病杂志（英文版）（电子版）

摘　　要：With the rising global prevalence in diabetes, healthcare systems are facing a growing challenge to provide efficient and effective diabetes care management in the face of spiralling treatment costs. Diabetes is a major cause of premature mortality and associated with devastating complications especially if managed poorly. Although diabetes care is improving in England and Wales, recent audit data suggests care remains imperfect with wide geographical variations in quality. Diabetes care is expensive with a sizeable amount of available expenditure used for treating the complications of diabetes. A target driven, long-term, multifactorial intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes has been shown to reduce mortality and morbidity. The alphabet strategy is a novel approach to effective diabetes care provision, aiming to address patient education and empowerment, provide consistent comprehensive care delivered in a timely fashion, and allowing multidisciplinary team work.With the rising global prevalence in diabetes, healthcaresystems are facing a growing challenge to provideefficient and effective diabetes care management inthe face of spiralling treatment costs. Diabetes is amajor cause of premature mortality and associatedwith devastating complications especially if managedpoorly. Although diabetes care is improving in Englandand Wales, recent audit data suggests care remainsimperfect with wide geographical variations in quality.Diabetes care is expensive with a sizeable amount ofavailable expenditure used for treating the complicationsof diabetes. A target driven, long-term, multifactorialintervention in patients with type 2 diabetes has beenshown to reduce mortality and morbidity. The alphabetstrategy is a novel approach to effective diabetes careprovision, aiming to address patient education andempowerment, provide consistent comprehensivecare delivered in a timely fashion, and allowing multidisciplinaryteam work.

关 键 词：ALPHABET STRATEGY Diabetes care MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST MULTIFACTORIAL intervention Chronicdisease MANAGEMENT 

分 类 号：R473.5[医药卫生—护理学]