A quality improvement project to increase compliance with diabetes measures in an academic outpatient setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

American Diabetes Association (ADA) sets annual guidelines on preventative measures that aim to delay the onset of severe diabetes mellitus complications. Compared to private internal medicine clinics, resident clinics provide suboptimal diabetic preventative care as evidenced by decreased compliance with ADA guidelines. The purpose of our study is to improve diabetic care in resident clinics through quality improvement (QI) projects, with A1C value as primary outcome and other ADA guidelines as secondary outcomes.

Methods

Our resident clinic at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak consists of 76 residents divided in 8 teams. In November 2016, baseline data on ADA guideline measures was obtained on 538 patients with diabetes mellitus. A root cause analysis was conducted.

SUBMITTER: Edupuganti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6651972 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature