Tools

The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) developed the following tools to help transition our recommendations from paper into practice.

To make these tools relevant to different audiences, Canada's Drug Agency can tailor specific tools to individual needs and settings. Contact us if you would like our assistance in tailoring any of these tools to meet your unique needs as a health care provider, policy-maker, or consumer.

For Health Care Professionals

• Blood Glucose Testing in Type 2 Diabetes — an infographic showing key data and ideas
• Optimal Therapy Newsletter — summary of key clinical messages on the prescribing and use of blood glucose test strips for self-monitoring of blood glucose, designed to support decision making by health care professionals
• Quick Reference Prescribing Aid — contains key messages and cost information about self-monitoring of blood glucose
  • National
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
• 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

For Patients

• Guide for Type 2 Diabetes and Monitoring Your Blood Sugar — an easy-to-read pamphlet for people with type 2 diabetes who are not using insulin
• Stop Hypoglycemia —a pamphlet for people with type 2 diabetes that helps them recognize the signs of low blood sugar and provides information on treatment and prevention
• Alternate Prescription Pad — provides recommendations for patients with type 2 diabetes not using insulin, guidance on self-testing, and lifestyle tips for managing diabetes
• Self-Management Action Plan — a tool that supports diabetes self-management education, which a clinician and patient can use to identify, achieve, and maintain self-management goals
• Residential Care Pamphlet on Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose 
  A readable, educational tool outlining key messages from the Canada's Drug Agency work on SMBG and tailored to the needs of family members and caregivers of those living in residential care.

Published Articles

• Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes (Therapeutics Letter Issue 81, April-June 2011)
• Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Levels in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Not Requiring Insulin: Routine Use is Not Recommended (Editorial Commentary, Canadian Journal of Diabetes, March 2011)
• Perspectives and experiences of health care professionals and patients with diabetes regarding self-monitoring of blood glucose in Canada (Canadian Pharmacists Journal, September 2010)
• Efficacy of self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus managed without insulin: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Open Medicine, May 2010)
• Utilization and Expenditure on Blood Glucose Test Strips in Canada (Canadian Journal of Diabetes, March 2010)
• Cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes (Canadian Medical Association Journal, January 2010)