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Development And Implementation Of A Diabetes Management Flow Sheet In A Primary Care Practice: A Quality Improvement Project., Lace N. Houston
Development And Implementation Of A Diabetes Management Flow Sheet In A Primary Care Practice: A Quality Improvement Project., Lace N. Houston
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Primary care practices that do not utilize electronic medical records (EMR) could pose difficulty in adhering to clinical guidelines for diabetic patients. Diabetes flow sheets are a one page document that includes current practice guideline recommendations for easy access of results to promote comprehensive care. The main objective of this project was to promote adherence to diabetes guidelines with the use of a diabetes flow sheet for providers that do not utilize an EMR.
Plan-Do-Study-Act was the design for this project. A total of 50 medical records were randomly selected at a primary care office. A pre and post-implementation of …