Service providers ensure that people with diabetes are able to agree with their health care professional to start, review and stop medications to lower blood glucose, blood pressure and blood lipids in accordance with New Zealand guidelines. Also ensure that people with diabetes have access to appropriate blood glucose monitoring devices.
Health care professionals ensure the person with diabetes understands and agrees with them to start, review and stop medication to lower blood glucose, blood pressure and blood lipids in accordance with New Zealand guidelines. Also ensure that people with diabetes have access to appropriate blood glucose monitoring devices.
Planners and funders ensure they commission services that enable the person with diabetes to agree with their health care professional to start, review and stop blood glucose, blood pressure and blood lipid lowering medications in accordance with New Zealand guidelines. Also ensure that services facilitate access for people with diabetes to appropriate blood glucose monitoring devices.
People with diabetes agree with their health care professional to start, review and stop medications to lower blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids and access appropriate blood glucose monitoring devices.
There are two components to this Standard:
medication management – this component describes agreement between patient and professional regarding the need for and adherence to medication for diabetes and related conditions
blood glucose monitoring – this component covers blood glucose monitoring.
