Editorial Calendar
AADE in Practice - Editorial Calendar
Extended theme: Elements of the Chronic Care Model
The Chronic Care Model provides a systematic way to examine the various bodies and relationships that play an active role in diabetes patient care.
(Approximately 3 articles, of 700-1200 words each, will explore this theme in each issue.)
| August 2007 (summer) | Patient-centeredness |
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How do you make patients a priority—the center of your practice, and encourage them to become
actively involved in their diabetes treatment? How do you go about cultivating “Informed, Activated
Patients”?
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| November 2007 (fall) | Team-based Care |
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In what ways can we collaborate with other disciplines to effectively care for patients with diabetes? How do we create “Prepared, Proactive Practice teams”? |
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| February 2008 (winter) | Community |
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How do you mobilize community resources to meet the needs of your patients? How do you find and/or evaluate resources in your community, and what are some good ways to connect your patients with those resources? |
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| May 2008 (spring) | Health System |
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What does a healthy health system look like? How can diabetes educators be involved in creating a culture, organization and mechanisms that promote safe, high quality care? |
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| August 2008 (summer) | Self-Management Support |
| Deadline for submissions:
May 16, 2008 |
How do we, as educators, succeed in empowering and preparing patients to manage their health? How can we be more effective? |
| November 2008 (fall) |
Delivery System Design |
| Deadline for submissions:
August 15, 2008 |
How do we manage division of labor among members of the care team? How can we help redesign the structure of the current delivery systems to ensure the delivery of effective, efficient clinical care and self-management support? |
| February 2009 (winter) | Decision Support |
| Deadline for submissions:
TBD |
As educators, how can we help other members of the diabetes care team make the best judgments and decisions about our patients’ care? Should we be doing more? How do we promote clinical care that is consistent with scientific evidence and patient preferences? |
| May 2009 (spring) | Clinical Information Systems |
| Deadline for submissions:
TBD |
How can technology help us help patients? What are some effective ways to organize patient and population data to facilitate efficient care? |








