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Increasing Annual Retinal Exams Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Afokoghene H. Odhu
Increasing Annual Retinal Exams Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Afokoghene H. Odhu
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2017) reports that approximately 30 million people in the United States (US) have diabetes. Approximately 8 million have diabetes retinopathy (DR) (CDC, 2018). DR is the leading cause of vision impairment in type 2 diabetes patients. Left untreated, DR can result in loss of vision and blindness (Hernández, Simó-Servat, Bogdanov, & Simó, 2017). The US spends approximately $500 million dollars annually in the treatment of diabetes-related blindness (CDC, n.d.). Early detection and management of DR through tight glycemic control, aggressive blood pressure and lipid management is essential to preventing complications of the …
Optimizing Clinical Processes Using The Electronic Health Record To Improve Patient Outcomes In Primary Care, Alex Jubril
Optimizing Clinical Processes Using The Electronic Health Record To Improve Patient Outcomes In Primary Care, Alex Jubril
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Background: The EHR has been used to leverage clinical processes for the improvement of patient outcomes. The average users of EHR limit its uses to the minimum level required to complete the daily tasks needed, regardless of the existence of features within the EHR that are readily available to optimize clinical processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
Objectives: The objective of this project was to improve the documentation in a nurse-managed health clinic related to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) core criteria through enhancing the EHR to foster the quality improvement metrics and reporting.
Methods: This was a quality improvement project …