The South Dakota Department of Health, Diabetes Prevention & Control Program, the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care, and numerous providers have collaborated to produce the Recommendations for Management of Diabetes in South Dakota. These recommendations utilize current research and evidence-based practices and are meant to serve as a guide to providing appropriate care and treatment to people with diabetes and those at risk for diabetes.
Providers are encouraged to adapt the recommendations to provide individualized, culturally sensitive care to all patients for optimal health outcomes and to provide consistency in the treatment and prevention of the long-term complications of diabetes.
The recommendations were developed as part of a statewide initiative to improve the health care of people with diabetes, and are consistent with the South Dakota Diabetes State Plan 2007-2009, available at http:diabetes.sd.gov. To request a hard copy of the recommendations, send your contact information to colette.hesla@state.sd.us.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the South Dakota Diabetes Prevention and Control Program at 1-800-738-2301 or the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care at 1-800-658-2285.
Recommendations for Management of Diabetes in South Dakota
(ADOBE files)
Section One– Screening and Diagnosis
Section Two– Pharmacologic Therapy
Section Three– Preventive Care
Section Four - Education
