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Compliance With The 2015 American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines For Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 In Primary Care, Krista L. Johnson
Compliance With The 2015 American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines For Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 In Primary Care, Krista L. Johnson
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Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate provider use of hemoglobin (HgA1c) measurement as a method of screening for Type Two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) per the 2015 American Diabetes Association screening guidelines in a multidisciplinary primary care clinic in Kentucky.
Methods: A retrospective electronic medical record review was conducted in a large ambulatory care clinic. A master list was compiled of all patients aged 45-89 years who were seen for any reason the first week of November 2015. A total of 127 records that met inclusion criteria were randomly selected. The proportion of patients who were appropriately screened …