Redesigning Primary Care to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (the UNITED Study).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The effective redesign of primary care delivery systems to improve diabetes care requires an understanding of which particular components of delivery consistently lead to better clinical outcomes. We identified associations between common systems of care management (SysCMs) and the frequency of meeting standardized performance targets for Optimal Diabetes Care (NQF#0729) in primary care practices.

Research design and methods

A validated survey of 585 eligible family or general internal medicine practices seeing ≥30 adult patients with diabetes in or near Minnesota during 2017 evaluated the presence of 62 SysCMs. From 419 (72%) practices completing the survey, NQF#0729 was determined in 396 (95%) from electronic health records, including 215,842 patients with type 1

SUBMITTER: Peterson KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035583 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature