CHVC - Links to Resources

Links to Resources

Links to organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by the National Business Coalition on Health, and none should be inferred. The NBCH is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

General Diabetes Sites

The sites have broad scope and cover a wide range of diabetes related material. They also have extensive links to other diabetes-related pages.

American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
CDC Diabetes page: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC): http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
NIH Diabetes Research and Training Centers: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/drtc/index.htm
- University of Michigan: http://www.med.umich.edu/diabetes/
- Washington University in St. Louis: http://www.medicine.wustl.edu/~drtc/
- Vanderbilt University in Nashville: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vumc/centers/drtc/
- University of Chicago:
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine:
- Indiana University:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/diabetes.htm#Tools
Links to AHRQ related work on diabetes.
International Diabetes Federation site: http://www.idf.org/home/
International standards, prevalence, etc.
The Canadian diabetes site: http://www.diabetes.ca/
The 'Diabetes Mall': http://www.diabetesnet.com/

Reports on Diabetes

AHRQ National Health Quality Reports: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/measurix.htm#quality
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists – 'State of Diabetes in America': http://www.aace.com/public/awareness/stateofdiabetes/index.php
Dartmouth Atlas home page (hospital discharge data includes diabetes): http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/

Program Details

These sites provide specific information for establishing diabetes treatment programs.

National Guidelines Clearinghouse: http://www.guideline.gov/browse/browsemode.aspx?node=7391&type=1
Guidelines for diabetes care.
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: http://www.aace.com/pub/pdf/guidelines/diabetes_2002.pdf
Practice guidelines
Veterans Diabetes site: http://www1.va.gov/health/diabetes/
Links and guidelines for diabetes management for veterans
Veterans Health Administration: http://www.va.gov/annarbor-hsrd/queri/queri_index.htm
Site for Quality Enhancement Research Initiative on Diabetes.
Intermountain Healthcare: http://intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/institute/
Educational components are available online as PDFs.
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality: http://www.wchq.org/Reporting/ReportSelection.aspx?ConditionID=11
Click on the measures to get the source and the recommended levels.

Resource Sites

These sites have material directed toward professional treatment staff.

Diabetes Toolkit from NIH. http://betterdiabetescare.nih.gov/HOWmodels.htm
Diabetes for Professionals: http://www.d4pro.com/HomeDefault.asp
American Association of Diabetes Educators: http://www.aadenet.org/
Tools and information for medical professionals: http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/ChronicConditions/Diabetes/
IHI's resource page for diabetes.
Chronic Care Model: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/change/model/components.html
Overview by the Improving Chronic Illness Care program.

Diabetes in the Workplace

Sites with a workplace focus.

Diabetes at Work site: http://www.diabetesatwork.org/diabetesatwork/
Existing site for the National Business Group on Health. Involved the NBCH and NDEP as well as others.
National Diabetes Education Program: http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/MakingDifference.pdf
A joint project of NIH and the CDC. This publication has a business focus and involved major employers.
American Association of Health Plans Diabetes site: http://takingondiabetes.org
A 5 year project to document effective diabetes treatments.
Bridges to Excellence program: http://www.bridgestoexcellence.org/index.htm
Employer Manual for BTE: http://www.bridgestoexcellence.org/pdf/BTE_BestPracticesOperationsManual_Jan_13_2006_FINAL.pdf

Pharmaceutical Company Sites

Lilly: http://www.lillydiabetes.com/hcp/treatments.jsp
Abbott: http://abbottdiabetescare.com/
Novo Nordisk: http://www.kwwd.com/kwwd/
Patient resource material
Novo Nordisk: http://www.novonordisk-us.com/documents/promotion_page/document/hcp_resource3.asp
Professional resource
Bayer (Ascencia): http://www.bayercarediabetes.com/
The Asheville Project: http://www.ncpharmacists.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=41
This is part of the North Carolina Pharmacists site and includes most of the major articles on this program.

Racial Disparities

CDC Report: http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AboutUs/disparities.htm
AHRQ Report: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr03/nhdrsum03.htm
Kaiser Family Foundation Report: http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/disparities.cfm

Other Sites

Robert Wood Johnson "Aligning Forces" initiative: http://www.forces4quality.org/
CDC Conference on Diabetes for 2006: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/conferences/conf2006/index.htm