title: Diabetes self-management education programs in the Veterans Health Administration.
abstract: The role of diabetes educators is likely to evolve and expand due to the development of chronic disease management programs that are based on a multidisciplinary approach of healthcare providers. In addition to providing self-management education and training to more patients with diabetes, educators will most likely need to expand their services to include case management and quality management of process and health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange 07018, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mangan
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs