title: Hospital-based integrated diabetes care management: an overview.
abstract: To provide continuous, accessible, and quality care, a diabetes share-care program has been in place in Taiwan for several years. Lukang Christian Hospital, a member of the diabetes share-care network, endeavors to provide "patient-centered" care aimed at increasing care quality and reducing diabetic complications. Information technology has been employed by the hospital for monitoring care quality and analyzing cost-effectiveness. Structured health-care programs have also been developed to ensure the completeness of diabetes care and to encourage self-management of individuals at high risk for diabetes. The implementation of these strategies has led to progressive improvement in quality measures and spawned novel and creative ways to deliver care services.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jeng-Fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: 10836@cch.org.tw.
authors.forename: Shih-Te
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shang-Ren
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: I-Chieh
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yan-Chi
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Guan-Yi
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jia-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ya-You
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Syu
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wen-Hui
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chia-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Bai-Ling
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Syu
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Tzu-Ying
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Education Center, Lukang Christian Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yi-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Diabetes; Education; Share care