Patients and physicians require new tools to manage the growing burden of chronic illness. For providers responsible for the care of diabetic patients, developments in information management, real-time health education and feedback, and new approaches to self-monitoring and insulin delivery hold great promise to improve the quality and safety of diabetes care. In this call, […]
Category: Clinical Issues
Patient Intervention Strategies for the Collaborative Care Team: Pre-Visit Planning Thursday, May 23, 2019 Recording Group visits have been shown to be an effective strategy to address diabetes management in a number of health settings. During group visits, participants have a greater opportunity to ask questions, run the discussion and provide one another with peer […]
Patient Engagement Strategies for the Collaborative Care Team: Group Visits Thursday, May 16, 2019 Recording Pre-visit planning includes scheduling patients for future appointments at the conclusion of each visit, arranging for pre-visit lab testing, gathering the necessary information for upcoming visits and spending a few minutes to huddle and handoff patients. This can be particularly […]
Phases of Diabetes Care Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Recording | Slides Diabetes care can be organized into three phases: pre-visit, intra-visit, and post-visit. Opportunities exist during each phase to introduce practice changes that can help engage and support patients in their diabetes care and management. Health care teams can optimize diabetes encounters by taking a […]
Developing the Role of Community Health Workers and other Support Staff in Diabetes Prevention, Treatment, and Follow-Up Thursday, April 25, 2019 Recording Community Health Workers (CHW) have been shown to be especially successful reaching hard to access populations such as agricultural workers and their families as well as the homeless and residents of public housing. […]