Tools

To help health care providers, policy makers, and consumers with the local implementation of optimal blood glucose testing frequency, COMPUS will develop and post here a variety of intervention tools and materials to influence prescribing behaviour.

These tools will be developed based on our evidence-based clinical and cost-effectiveness information (detailed in our Optimal Therapy Reports). To make these tools relevant to different audiences, COMPUS can tailor specific tools to individual needs.

To help decision makers evaluate optimal therapy initiatives, COMPUS is also developing a series of generic tools, including an audit and feedback guide, evaluation framework, and academic detailing templates. As these tools become available they will be posted here.

• Blood Glucose Test Strip (BGTS) Tools 

  Project Highlights Brochure – highlights of the clinical and economic evidence for self-monitoring of blood glucose

  Optimal Therapy Newsletter – summary of key clinical messages on the prescribing and use of blood glucose test strips for self-monitoring of blood glucose, designed to support decision making by health care professionals

  Quick Reference Prescribing Aid  – contains key messages and cost information about self-monitoring of blood glucose

  Alternate Prescription Pad - provides recommendations for patients with type 2 diabetes not using insulin, guidance on self-testing, and lifestyle tips for managing diabtes

  Clinical Flow Sheet - a tool maintained in a patient's chart that is designed to help clinicians collect and organize individual patient data at each appointment, and detect trends in these data over time

  Self-Management Action Plan - a tool that supports diabetes self-management education, which a clinician and patient can use to identify, achieve, and maintain self-management goals

  Using Evidence in the Real World - a didactic presentation that provides a basic overview of evidence-based decision making, using CADTH's work on self-monitoring of blood glucose and insulin analogues as examples

  Guide to Starting and Adjusting Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes - a fold out information card providing health care professionals with guidance on how and when to start insulin

  Interventions for Optimizing Therapy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Literature Review

• Generic Tools

  Audit and Feedback Guide on Prescribing Practices: A Guide for Decision Makers in Canada

  Evaluation Framework for COMPUS Intervention Tools - provides options for qualitative and quantitative evaluation that could be undertaken by educational providers, their sponsors, or COMPUS to evaluate the effectiveness of COMPUS intervention tools.