Quality Insights of Delaware - Regional Extension Center  
Improving Hypertension and Diabetes Care & Prevention   
CDC Hypertension Control Change Package for Clinicians 
 
The CDC Hypertension Control Change Package for Clinicians includes a "How-To Guides for Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Implementation." The guides are intended for both clinical and technical staff that are defining CDS clinical goals; planning and leading CDS implementations; and maintaining and monitoring CDS interventions. Clinical Directors, Directors of Information Systems, Chief Medical Information Officers, and Directors of Medical Informatics, as well as other health care organization leaders, would benefit from reviewing the guides and associated resources. The Guides are presented as five separate documents covering five major stages or phases in implementing CDS. Click here to read more. 

Another tool from the CDC-Million Hearts� Hypertension Control Change Package for Clinicians is a table that lists the Actions to Optimize Patient Reminders and Supports for Patients with Hypertension, which is shown below.


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Million Hearts�: Treatment Protocols    

 Clinicians are encouraged to use standardized treatment protocols to improve blood pressure control by clarifying titration intervals revealing new treatment options and expanding the types of staff that can assist in timely follow-up with patients. When embedded in electronic health records, treatment protocols can serve as clinical decision support at the point of care so no opportunities are missed to achieve control.

Click here for treatment protocol templates, elements of effective protocols, and numerous examples of hypertension evidence-based protocols used by healthcare leaders today.
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REGISTER NOW:
American Diabetes Association's Leadership Summit on Diabetes: Collaboration for a Healthier Delaware      
WHERE: The Atlantic Sands Hotel and Conference Center, 101 N. Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach, DE
DATE: Wednesday, March 9, 2016
TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Make plans to attend the FREE Leadership Summit on Diabetes: Collaboration for a Healthier Delaware on March 9th in Rehoboth Beach, DE. The keynote speaker will be Anita P. Raghuwanshi, MD, from the Department of Endocrinology at Beebe Healthcare. A healthy breakfast and box lunch will be provided.

To register, please e-mail Ewang@diabetes.org today. Click here for more details about the Summit.
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Tools You Can Use: Check Out the QIDE REC Clinical Decision Support Practice Toolkit     

 Each month, QIDE REC assembles an electronic practice toolkit that focuses on a particular topic. The January Practice Toolkit includes a host of resources related to clinical decision support, including educational information and tools, podcasts, events, videos, success stories, and more. 
 
Download the January Clinical Decision Support Practice Toolkit now to take advantage of these great resources.
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number 1U58DP004799-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.