title: [DiabCare tools for the control of permanent improvement of the quality of care in diabetes].
abstract: The St-Vincent declaration supported by WHO/IDF Europe is a vast european program for the improvement of health care and a new strategic approach to the treatment of diabetes. The DiabCare project is to serve as a tool for verification and assessment. Continuous improvement in diabetic patient care could be facilitated by: making comparison between centres, like "looking into a mirror where one can see oneself and the others at the same time"; setting up health care networks (local, regional and national) for all the professionals involved in treating diabetes; promoting and using advanced computer techniques ("smart" health care card). DiabCare-France, created by the "Conseil Supérieur du Diabète", has completed its first task, an "inventory questionnaire", sent to 150 diabetes centres located throughout France.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Jean-Verdier, Service d'endocrinologie, Bondy, France.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Attali
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005060:Europe; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: DiabCare ou les instruments de contrôle de l'amélioration permanente de la qualité des soins dans le diabète.