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Who
We Are
The
Delaware Diabetes Coalition, Inc. is a statewide nonprofit
organization comprised of a network of health care organizations
working together to improve the lives of all people in Delaware
affected by diabetes through awareness, prevention,
identification, dissemination of services and advocacy. The
Coalition was established in 1994 and received non-profit
recognition in 2001.
The Coalition takes an active role in the development, support
and advocacy for standards of care, public policies, and
comprehensive plans for the prevention and control of diabetes
throughout the state of Delaware. The Coalition encourages and
promotes improvements in diabetes based statewide systems with
regard to awareness and prevention, early detection, patient
care and prevention of secondary complications of diabetes. The
Coalition also encourages and promotes public and professional
education programs with regard to awareness, prevention and
early detection of diabetes and its complications.
Some of the activities of the Coalition include:
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The
annual Diabetes EXPO, a public event held in November each
year, this year to be held at the Sheraton Dover Hotel,
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
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The
publication and updates of several resource guides, The
Community Resource Guide, for individuals, a professional
edition for Health Care Professionals, and Diabetes in the
Workplace for employers.
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Collaboration with several third party healthcare
organizations to standardize flow sheets for documentation in
patient charts by primary care providers.
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Collaboration with Quality Insights of Delaware a utilization
review organization.
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Collaboration the with Medical Society of Delaware, Podiatric
Society, and Ophthalmology Society to develop standardized
forms regarding documentation of services for prevention and
treatment of complications related to diabetes.
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Working with the Delaware Pharmacy Society to do secondary
screenings for complications and education for individuals
known to have diabetes, who are out of control based on their
A1c findings.
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