The Chronic Conditions Care Collaborative (4C Collaborative): A Platform for Improving Diabetes and Heart Disease Outcomes in Rural South Carolina.

ABSTRACT: Rural U.S. counties experience racial, geographic, and socioeconomic disparities in chronic diseases. Collaborations among stakeholders in rural areas are needed to make measurable changes in health care outcomes in South Carolina. The Chronic Conditions Care Collaborative (4C Collaborative) was developed to provide an opportunity for health care teams in medically underserved areas of South Carolina to convene to improve diabetes and heart disease outcomes. The 4C Collaborative was a quality improvement (QI) learning collaborative focused on the identification of patients with undiagnosed hypertension, team-based care through medication therapy management (MTM), and diabetes management. All QI work was approached through a health equity lens. Fifteen medical practices across two cohorts p

SUBMITTER: Grant B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature