Meddbase’s pilot study with NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB on using technology to improve Diabetes prevention referrals has been featured in National Health Executive Magazine.
The Critical Role Technologies Can Play in Supporting Patients and Health Leaders at ICB Level
‘When you know better, you do better.’ We often say this in my family when our knowledge on a topic improves or changes, to remind ourselves that our behaviour should now be adjusted accordingly.
After 19 years as a GP – and one who thrives on learning about innovation and systems management – I enjoy working with the technology around us to discover ways we can do better for ourselves, our colleagues and our patients.
Since becoming the regional lead for Diabetes in Humber and North Yorkshire in 2019 I have been focused on a topic that I believe to be an obvious area in which we could do better: patient recruitment to the National Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP).
This nine-month behavioural intervention, either face to face or online, is aimed at adults in England at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
After running for three years, only 19% of those eligible had participated in the NDPP in our area, despite evidence that course attendance reduces your personal risk of Diabetes by 37%.’
Read the full article at National Health Executive.
