Quality Insights of Delaware - Regional Extension Center  
Improving Hypertension and Diabetes Care & Prevention   
CDS Starter Kit: Diabetes Follow-Up Care
 
The delivery of high quality diabetes care is a complex process that requires a provider to consider many pieces of patient information and treatment guidelines. Given that many recommendations for diabetes care are relatively well defined, diabetes follow-up care is a good opportunity to use CDS and begin combining different types of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) to aid workflow transformation and improve patient care. While the examples provided in this short document are specific to Nextgen and Cerner, the concepts can be applied to any EHR. Click here to read more.

If you need assistance establishing CDS within your electronic health record (EHR), Quality Insights of Delaware can assist you at no cost. Contact Quality Insights practice coordinator Ashley Corzine to learn more.
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Clinical Decision Support - Improved Processes of Care and Patient Outcomes     

Using a combination of alerts, clinical decision support, redesigned patient workflows, standing orders, and routine registry searches for population care surveillance, White River Family Practice (WRFP) has achieved measurable improvement in both processes of care and patient outcomes for those patients with diabetes mellitus and/or asthma. The following case study details the essential steps taken at WRFP to improve its management of patient populations with these conditions.

Click here to learn more about their quality improvement efforts. 
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National Diabetes Education Program - Use Clinical Decision Support     

A review article suggests that clinical decision support systems provide clinicians with patient-specific assessments or recommendations to aid clinical decision making. Examples include manual or computer based systems that attach care reminders to the charts of patients needing specific preventive care services and computerized physician order entry systems that provide patient-specific recommendations as part of the order entry process. Such systems have been shown to improve prescribing practices, reduce serious medication errors, enhance the delivery of preventive care services, and improve adherence to recommended care standards. 

Clinical Decision Support provides a wide selection of resources and tools that support diabetes prevention and management.
Click here to read more.
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REGISTER NOW: 20th Annual Diabetes Update  

Saturday, March 12, 2015
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  (Registration and continental breakfast begin at 7:15 a.m.)
 
TWO LOCATION OPTIONS:
  • Live Session: John H. Ammon Medical Education Center - Christiana Hospital Campus, Newark, DE
  • Video Conference: Virden Retreat Center - Univ. of Delaware campus, 700 Pilottown Rd, Lewes, DE
This 20th Annual Diabetes Update is a day-long educational opportunity designed to provide an update on diabetes and diabetes related comorbidities, and to meet identified needs of diabetes clinicians in this area. This symposium will focus on diabetes across the lifespan and will examine the management of new developments involving glycemic disturbances in children, concerns specific to transitional care of the young adult diabetes patient, Type 2 diabetes and neurocognitive disorders, behavioral and psychiatric issues in the diabetic patient and clinical benefits of genetics testing.

This program is the "best" Diabetes Update in Delaware and is held only once a year. Don't miss this great opportunity to become better informed about the most up-to-date information regarding diabetes and its comorbidities.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
All participants (including those paying by check) must REGISTER HERE. REGISTRATION IS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL ONLINE REGISTRATION IS SUBMITTED AND REGISTRATION FEE IS PROCESSED.

For complete details about the 20th Annual Diabetes Update symposium, or view the 20th Annual Diabetes Update flyer now. If you have any questions, contact Robin Pugh.

 

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Contacts:
1.877.987.4687, Ext. 137

1.877.987.4687, Ext. 127
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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.