Identifying strategies to improve diabetes care in Alberta, Canada, using the knowledge-to-action cycle.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strategic clinical networks, a recent development in the health system in Alberta, have been charged with bringing together front-line clinicians, researchers and policy-makers to identify variation in clinical care, and to propose standards, pathways and innovative solutions to improve access and quality of care. Here, we describe a collaborative workshop held between researchers and the Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network to describe barriers to and facilitators of care for people with diabetes and to identify quality improvement interventions that should be prioritized.

Methods

Through collaboration between health researchers and the strategic clinical network, and using principles of the knowledge-to-action cycle, we identified barriers

SUBMITTER: Manns B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3985932 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature