The National Changing Diabetes® Program (NCDP) seeks to move the U.S. health care system toward an Ideal Diabetes Environment, a more efficient and effective system that supports all aspects of diabetes prevention, treatment and care. NCDP is working toward this goal in four key areas:

• Maximized societal awareness, knowledge and individual behaviors to prevent diabetes.
• Public and private collaboration to ensure optimal diabetes financing and health outcomes.
• Health care professionals and caregivers have the proper incentives and rewards for high quality, low cost, evidence-based care.
• Clinical research directed at defeating diabetes is proportional to its human and economic burden.