Management and Education

The Washington State Diabetes Prevention and Control Program works with partners to promote quality healthcare at the community, clinical, and patient levels.

Chronic Disease Self-Management Program:

People who have diabetes need skills to manage their diabetes, and to help them stay active and healthy. People with diabetes often have more than one chronic illness, like heart disease or asthma, too. The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program is a six-week workshop given once a week in community settings for people with chronic health problems.

Diabetes Education for Medicaid Patients:

Clinics and hospitals statewide may apply for reimbursement from Medicaid for diabetes education programs. This is a joint project between the Washington State Diabetes Prevention and Control Program and Medicaid.

Washington State Patient-Centered Medical Home Collaborative:

The Washington Patient-Centered Medical Home Collaborative is a learning and quality improvement process to help medical offices become medical homes. A medical home coordinates the care a patient may need from specialists or other health providers. Patient-centered care responds to the unique needs of the patients and treats the patient as a partner in health-care decisions.

The Collaborative is a joint project of the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Academy of Family Physicians. It is based on the nationally recognized Breakthrough Collaborative method, pioneered by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Chronic Disease Electronic Management System:

An important tool for health-care clinics and offices is an electronic patient registry, which tracks vital information to treat an individual and manage care for all patients. The Chronic Disease Electronic Management System, or CDEMS, is a primary care focused registry, tracking and reporting system developed to prompt preventive care practices following national diabetes guidelines of care.

Chronic Disease Self Management Program

Diabetes Self Management Education/Medicaid

Chronic Disease Electronic Management System

Patient Centered Medical Home Collaborative