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6th
Edition National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management
Education
Structure
Standard
1: Organizational
structure
Standard
2: Target
population
Standard
3: Oversight
Committee
Standard
4: Program
Coordinator
Standard
5: Multi-discipline team
- The
Standards require documentation of team collaboration. TIARA
provides space to document the instructor(s) for classes,
the identity of the person conducting the patient assessment
and follow-up assessments.
Standard
6: Continuing
education for instructors
Standard
7: Written curriculum
- Diabetes
disease process
- Nutritional
management
- Physical
activity
- Medications
- Monitoring
- Acute
complications
- Risk
reduction
- Goal
setting
- Psychosocial
adjustment
- Preconception
/ Pregnancy / Gestational diabetes management
Process
Standard
8: Patient assessment / educational
plan / periodic reassessment
- TIARA
tracks the patient assessment and all recommended classes
plus class attendance and reassessment. It also provides the
capability of documenting patient life experiences and
preferences as required in the Standard.
Standard
9: Documentation: assessment,
educational plan, evaluation, follow up, and outcomes measures
- TIARA
provides the mechanism to track the assessment, educational
plan and completion, patient goals and the achievement of
those goals through follow-up assessment.
Outcomes
Standard
10: Continuous quality improvement process
- TIARA
provides the data required for an effective CQI program. The
reports can assist the program coordinator in identifying
program weaknesses so that a systematic approach to
improvement can be achieved.
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