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Preventive Care: Controversies, Challenges And Upcoming Changes In Guidelines, Randa Sifri, Md

Department of Family & Community Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds

Objectives

• Organizations who make guidelines
• Current guidelines for average-risk adults, with a focus on guidelines with differing recommendations and challenges to implementation/operational issues
• Preview of upcoming changes in guidelines
• Cases to illustrate some of the common questions that come up in delivering office-based preventive care
• Some disclaimers

You Don’T Have To Get Diabetes, Mitch Kaminski, Md, Mba, Nevaneva White, Dnp, Crnp, Cdces

Department of Family & Community Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds

The goal is to streamline the steps required to make referrals to and enroll in the National Diabeties Prevention Program (DPP).

Identifying Barriers To Statin Therapy In Diabetic Patients In A Large Ambulatory Practice, Jennifer Moyer, Md, Rachel Ehrman-Dupre, Md, Andrew Rabovsky, Md, Simon Newsom, Md, Pooja Padgaonkar, Md, Julita Mitchell, Md, Sarah Hirsh, Md, Madeline Taskier, Md, Robert Wiley, Md, Lilli Flink, Md, Greta Bires, Md, Geoffrey Mills, Md

House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2020-)

Aim 1: To understand the root cause(s) for gaps in statin therapy within a large ambulatory care practice.

Aim 2: To improve provider awareness of indications for statin therapy, as recommended by the ACC/AHA guidelines.

Aim 3: To increase the proportion of patients with diabetes at our practice that are on statin therapy.