A workshop was held at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic on 27th October in the framework of the international project Care4Diabetes, which brought together experts, health insurance companies, patient organisations and patients themselves. Together, they looked for a way to put Type 2 diabetes into practice.
Event Care4Diabetes: The way to sustainable care to be carried out in a spirit of cooperation and search for solutions on how to sustainably incorporate the pilot programme in the long term Let's reverse type 2 diabetes. to the Slovak health care system.
Representatives participated in the workshop National Endocrinological and Diabetes Institute (NED), MZ SR, health insurance companies, patient organisations a Patientspersonally involved in the programme Let's reverse type 2 diabetes..
The aim of the event was to identify the options and steps needed to integrate the pilot programme into practice " i.e. from the pilot project to move to a system change that would promote sustainable, efficient and accessible care for people with type 2 diabetes in Slovakia.
The first part of the workshop presented the results of the Care4Diabetes project in the European and Slovak context. They presented their contributions:
- PhDr. Natalia Ballová, project manager Care4Diabetes, MZ SR,
- doc. MUDr. Emil Martinka, PhD., Mayor of the Diabetes Department,
- MUDr. Silvia Dókušová, PhD., Deputy Mayor of Diabetic Department NOT DOJ.
In the second part she studied doc. PhDr. Daniela Kállayová, PhD. from the Department of Public Health, Screening and Prevention of MZ SR possibilities of including the project in the healthcare system " i.e. transition from pilot to change system.
The conclusion of the workshop included an open discussion among the participants, in which they sought practical solutions and concrete steps to put type 2 diabetes into practice in order to become a sustainable part of the Slovak health system. The discussion brought valuable insights from experts, representatives of health insurance companies, employees of MZ SR and patients who completed the program.
The project Care4Diabetes and program Let's reverse Type 2 Diabetes!
The project piloted in all participating countries the program . The programme was developed on the basis of scientific knowledge by the Dutch organisation Voeding Leeft.
The programme is based on type 2 diabetes regimens and its main objectives are:
- improving the quality of life of patients;
- extending life expectancy,
- reducing the costs of routine treatment;
- improved disease management, including pharmacological treatment.
The programme is based on four basic pillars: healthy eating, physical activity, relaxation a sleep.
Patients are worked by a multidisciplinary team of trained professionals and the entire non-pharmacological treatment is under medical supervision.
Project Care4Diabetes thus represents an important step towards modern and sustainable care for patients with type 2 diabetes – from innovative pilots to systemic solutions.
