PeaceHealth Physicians & Providers,
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Today's PHMG Best Practices spotlights providers in Vancouver who have been working together for a while on innovative methods to improve diabetes care with great success. Their 6-month scores for the diabetes bundled measure range from 53.0% to 22.0%.Thanks to Dr. Robin Virgin for helping to tell this success story and congratulations to the whole team on their outstanding results. If you or your clinic would like to share a best practice in your specialty area, please let me know. We'd like to spread the good word on your good work. 
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Diabetes Management: Using a Team Approach
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This is the third installment in our three-part series on PHMG Best Practices on diabetes management that began in January. This month we are featuring Diabetes Care from Dr. Robin Virgin in the Columbia Network. All 17 Vancouver-based providers from two Vancouver clinics (Battle Ground and Fishers' Landing) have achieved a 6-month average on their VISTA DM Quality Bundle scores of 20.0% or higher, our target for FY13. Congratulations to our colleagues in Vancouver for their exemplary success in diabetes management.
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Siuslaw Prepares to Pilot Epic Ambulatory
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 Starting next week, the "super users" from our pilot site will start learning Epic. "End-users" from that community will begin education on the system and workflows later this month. Check the Epic Education site for details. The Epic team is making the necessary preparations to support go-live with our pilot site in Florence, OR on May 1. The February issue of Epic News outlines go-live activities and what everyone can expect when it is their turn to go live. Work on "What Breaks" (an effort to identify the inter-regional and cross-facility processes and information exchange) also continues. The team wants to make sure providers and other caregivers who work outside of the clinics know what to expect after their local Epic go-live. Expect to hear more specifics by the end of this month. For questions about Epic, contact your local Epic change manager:
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