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The Diabetes Primary Care Alliance

The American Diabetes Association's (ADA's) Diabetes Primary Care Alliance is a network of primary care practices committed to improving diabetes care through quality improvement strategies.

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About Us

Who are we? 

The ADA's Diabetes Primary Care Alliance is a collaboration between the ADA and primary care networks across the country. The purpose of the Alliance is to offer primary care health professionals opportunities to engage in research, quality improvement (QI) activities, and to receive access to primary care focused tools, best practices, and educational material. These opportunities span the country and translate our knowledge on diabetes care into action to improve the health outcomes for people living with diabetes.

The ADA is the global leader in diabetes care and publishes the Standards of Care in Diabetes (Standards of Care) annually, which offers clinicians guidance on the latest care standards. Despite many new treatments and technologies, diabetes outcomes have not improved substantially in the last decade. Utilizing dissemination and implementation of science strategies, alliance members support translating the standards of care into real, tangible, standards of practice.  

 

Overview and Mission

The Diabetes Primary Care Alliance was established in 2024 and is open to any primary care practice or network that is ready to move the dial on diabetes care. 

The mission of the Diabetes Primary Care Alliance is to implement the Standards of Care into standards of practice and to improve diabetes care by using QI strategies. By engaging over 3,000 primary care practices, academic centers, and health system partners, the alliance uses QI initiatives to:

  • Improve education
  • Promote evidence-based clinical practice
  • Decrease the clinical burden on staff
  • Introduce strategies to improve primary diabetes care.

As thought leaders in primary care, alliance members are ready to change the curve on diabetes and its complications and advance the adoption of evidence-based standards of care.  

Membership

The Diabetes Primary Care Alliance offers members: 

  • Acknowledgement of extraordinary work toward improving diabetes care 
  • Engagement and collaboration across diabetes initiatives 
  • Support for QI strategies to address care metrics 
  • Evidence-based strategies and technical assistance to implement programs in primary care settings 
  • Support to address health equity by utilizing community health care and practice facilitator models 

Learn more about joining the Diabetes Primary Care Alliance.

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Questions?

For more information, or questions on the Diabetes Primary Care Alliance, please contact K.C. D’Onfro, Senior Director of Quality Partnerships at kdonfro@diabetes.org.