National Standards for diabetes self-management education

• Published in: Diabetes care Vol. 34 Suppl 1; no. 1; pp. S89 - S96
• Main Authors: Funnell, Martha M, Brown, Tammy L, Childs, Belinda P, Haas, Linda B, Hosey, Gwen M, Jensen, Brian, Maryniuk, Melinda, Peyrot, Mark, Piette, John D, Reader, Diane, Siminerio, Linda M, Weinger, Katie, Weiss, Michael A
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Diabetes Association 01-01-2011
• Subjects: Behavior; Data collection; Decision making; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Diabetics; Evidence-based medicine; Health education; Health services; Hospitals; Humans; Medical care; Mission statements; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient education; Patient Education as Topic - standards; Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards; Quality management; Quality of life; Quality standards; Reference Standards; Self Care - methods; Self Care - standards; Standards and Review Criteria; Task forces; United States; United States; Canada; Michigan
• ISSN: 0149-5992; 1935-5548
• DOI: 10.2337/dc11-s089

The National Standards for DSME are designed to define quality diabetes self-management education and to assist diabetes educators in a variety of settings to provide evidence-based education. Because of the dynamic nature of health care and diabetes-related research, these Standards are reviewed and revised approximately every 5 years by key organizations and federal agencies within the diabetes education community. According to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) (26), this type of documentation is equally important for small and large health care organizations.