Patients with diabetes often need disease-management services that extend beyond what can be reasonably provided during periodic office visits. Issues such as diet management and cardiac care are often difficult to summarize in a single visit, or even in two or three visits.
Diabetes Web Site Offers Free Patient Information
By News Staff
Now you can give your patients something to take home to help them optimize their self-management skills, thanks to the National Diabetes Education Program’s evidence-based online resources.
The NDEP Web site offers more than a dozen brochures, tip sheets and even a recipe guide for patients. Most resources are free for the first 25 copies and $5 for an additional 25. They may be freely duplicated and distributed to patients. The site also provides resources for health care professionals, school personnel and employers.
NDEP is a partnership of NIH, CDC and more than 200 public and private organizations. The AAFP is a member of the NDEP steering committee. The Academy's representative on the committee chairs its Health Care Providers Work Group.
The NDEP Web site offers more than a dozen brochures, tip sheets and even a recipe guide for patients. Most resources are free for the first 25 copies and $5 for an additional 25. They may be freely duplicated and distributed to patients. The site also provides resources for health care professionals, school personnel and employers.
NDEP is a partnership of NIH, CDC and more than 200 public and private organizations. The AAFP is a member of the NDEP steering committee. The Academy's representative on the committee chairs its Health Care Providers Work Group.
