Tools

To assist health care providers, policy makers, and consumers with the local implementation of optimal insulin analogue therapy, COMPUS will develop and post here a variety of intervention tools and materials to influence prescribing behaviour. These tools will be developed based on our evidence-based clinical and cost-effectiveness information (detailed in our Optimal Therapy Reports). To make these resources relevant to different audiences, COMPUS will assist in your implementation initiatives by tailoring specific tools to individual needs.

To help decision makers evaluate optimal therapy initiatives, COMPUS is also developing a series of generic tools, including an audit and feedback guide, evaluation framework, and academic detailing templates. As these tools become available they will be posted here.

• Insulin Analogue Therapy Tools

  Using Evidence in the Real World - a didactic presentation that provides a basic overview of evidence-based decision making, using CADTH's work on self-monitoring of blood glucose and insulin analogues as examples.

  Guide to Starting and Adjusting Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes - a fold out information card providing health care professionals with guidance on how and when to start insulin.

  Didactic Presentation for Pharmacists – Designed for pharmacist education meetings, these slides may be used by continuing medical education providers, in part or in whole, for education on the optimal prescribing and use of insulin analogues.

  Didactic Presentation for Physicians - continuing medical education providers may use these presentation slides, in part or in whole, for education on the optimal prescribing and use of insulin analogues.

  Presentation for Pharmacists together with Interactive Case Studies – These products are designed for use, in part or in whole, by continuing medical education providers in small education sessions for pharmacists regarding the optimal prescribing and use of insulin analogues.

  Presentation for Physicians with Case Studies and a Participant's Guide - designed for continuing medical education providers for small education sessions on the optimal prescribing and use of insulin analogues; includes case studies.

  Project Highlights Brochure – highlights of the clinical and economic evidence from the COMPUS insulin analogue project.

  Optimal Therapy Newsletter – summary of key clinical messages on optimal prescribing and use of insulin analogues for the treatment of diabetes to support decision making by health care professionals.

  Quick Reference Prescribing Aid  – contains comparative cost information and key messages about insulin analogues.

  COMPUS/RxFiles Pearls Document - detailed evidence and messaging “PEARLS”.

  Upskilling document - provides relevant reference material to qualified interventionists (i.e., continuing medical education providers, academic detailers).

  Interventions for Optimizing Therapy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Literature Review

• Generic Tools

  Audit and Feedback Guide on Prescribing Practices: A Guide for Decision Makers in Canada

  Evaluation Framework for COMPUS Intervention Tools - provides options for qualitative and quantitative evaluation that could be undertaken by educational providers, their sponsors, or COMPUS to evaluate the effectiveness of COMPUS intervention tools.

Related Information

• CADTH Webinar: Insulin Preparations – Which Types for Which Patients?
• Handouts