Hình thành một nhóm là một bước rất quan trọng trong việc khởi xướng SDM. Tập trung là để xác định chuyên gia y tế, các tổ chức, tổ chức có thật sự quan tâm trong việc sử dụng Hướng dẫn cộng đồng thực hành tùy chỉnh để cải thiện quá trình chăm sóc và giáo dục | GROUP FORMATION 33 Group formation Forming a group is a very important step in initiating SDM. The focus is to identify health professionals institutions and organizations with a genuine interest in using community customized Practice Guidelines to improve care and education processes. Community refers to individuals with a common interest in developing implementing and monitoring Practice Guidelines for diabetes and associated disorders. The community can be a managed care organization a group practice a primary care clinic a medical center a department within a medical school or an entire region of networked physicians and other care providers. Communities can also include national organizations such as diabetes societies. The concept is the reaching of a consensus by all interested parties to assure the application of evidence based practices. To move SDM from being just a good idea to a working system in a community resources must be committed to adopting a new and standardized method of care. These resources can be divided into four general components personnel equipment and supplies physical facilities and finances. These are generally known as throughputs. They serve to convert demands and needs as expressed by the people in the community into improved outcomes by providing services to people at risk for and with a disease. Central to organizing these throughputs is the champion an individual or individuals who support change in their community and are willing to lead this effort. This champion will need co-leaders or co-ordinators to help in contacting educating and supporting other community health care providers. Coordinators are motivated willing to fully participate in a process that will take time and energy. Coordinators often are members of existing diabetes care and education teams and have a stake in seeing diabetes care improved in the community. Team members can include primary care physicians diabetes nurse educa tors registered dietitians .
