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The Division's Diabetes Program aims to
enhance the health of people with diabetes
in primary care in the Southern Region of
Tasmania by supporting quality management in
general practice and the awareness of risk
factors in the community.
Services
More Allied Health Service Diabetes
Nurse Educator
This service provides Diabetes Education
services for people with diabetes (type 1
and 2)at 16 rural practices. These areas
cover Bothwell, Bruny Island, Huon Valley,
Cygnet, Derwent Valley, Dover, Geeveston,
Kempton, Nubeena, Oatlands, Ouse, Richmond,
Swansea, Triabunna. The Division contracts
Diabetes TASMANIA to provide the service and
you can contact them on 6234 5223.
System Support - Information
Management Diabetes Registers, Recall
Systems
Our Practice Support staff can assist you
with MBS items, Medicare information such as
the Annual Cycle of Care, Data tools for
cleansing information and assistance to
maintain accurate diabetes registers for
recalls etc. and system. Ian McKnight can
come to your practice and to assist you to
run the PEN diagnostic tool through your
database. He can also assist with general
programming issues. Pip Scholten can assist
with practice management systems and
Margaret Clarke can assist you with the role
of the practice nurse in diabetes
management.
Resources
NDSS
Registration For access to subsidised
testing strips, free insulin
syringes/pen-needles and more, register
patients with the NDSS now......Registration
is free.
Online
videos about managing type 2
Diabetes Diabetes Tasmania, in partnership with
NPS, has produced a series of online
videos that address medicines use issues
for people with type 2 diabetes. The
segments cover the types of medicines
used to manage type 2 diabetes, the best
ways to manage your medicines, and what
you should discuss with your healthcare
providers. A DVD has also been created
which combines the 11 segments. A
limited number of hardcopies of the DVD
are available for health professionals
and community organisations through
Diabetes Tasmania. Translated copies in
Cantonese, Mandarin and German will be
available next year.
Lifestyle Modification - Reducing Risk
Factors
Additional links to useful organisations
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