New Frontiers in Diabetes Care: Quality Improvement Study of a Population Health Team in Rural Critical Access Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural populations are older, have higher diabetes prevalence, and have less improvement in diabetes-related mortality rates compared to urban counterparts. Rural communities have limited access to diabetes education and social support services.

Objective

Determine if an innovative population health program that integrates medical and social care models improves clinical outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes in a resource-constrained, frontier area.

Design/participants

Quality improvement cohort study of 1764 patients with diabetes (September 2017-December 2021) at St. Mary's Health and Clearwater Valley Health (SMHCVH), an integrated health care delivery system in frontier Idaho. The United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Rural Health defi

SUBMITTER: Tanumihardjo JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980849 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature