The 6 Phases of DRIVE – Type 2 Diabetes
The DRIVE Toolkit consists of 6 steps that begin with assessing the current health care environment and goals, forming and training a DRIVE team, communicating results, and setting up efforts to ensure future sustainability.
Each phase has a unique set of steps that should be completed before starting the next phase.
For a more detailed explanation of each phase, please refer to each specific phase of the DRIVE Toolkit on this site.
Drive Basics
Understand the DRIVE framework
- Comprehend the DRIVE program, its 6 steps, and its objectives
- Understand how the DRIVE program can help improve quality performance in an organization
- Create an Advisory Group with a range of practices and community representatives
- Prepare for the launch of the DRIVE program
Assess & Understand
Identify problems to solve and quality gaps to improve
- Assess practice and baseline data through various tools and resources
- Characterize practice gaps and the needs of the patient community
- Identify potential problem statement(s) to solve
Commit & Train
Align with key stakeholders on how to solve issues and move forward
- Gain organizational buy-in and create preliminary action plans through team workshop
- Recruit and train Champions
- Mobilize Champions and team for DRIVE program implementation
Solutions
Leverage multiple evidence-based strategies to help implement changes
- Determine solutions to implement in a practice or community
- Uncover different types of resources that are available depending on specific needs and audiences
- Adopt effective and relevant approaches to providing key resources
Take Action & Measure
Create and implement a quality improvement (QI) plan
- Develop a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), rapid cycle improvement project
- Access ongoing coaching and teleconferences through SHC
- Measure change over time for specific metrics
Communicate & Sustain
Share results while planning next steps
- Reconvene Advisory Group to share results
- Communicate results to peers and community
- Establish next QI activities to sustain health improvement efforts
This process may take approximately 6 to 9 months.