HealthEast implemented a Diabetes Education Program to increase patient self-management of diabetes. Feedback was solicited from patients to identify the types of education & follow-up they needed to manage their diabetes. (12/99)
HealthPartners Central Minnesota Clinics (formerly CMGH) increased both the rate of patients tested & those in glycemic control from 55% to 75% through the use of a designated nurse educator, patient registry, & other provider tools. (12/98)
HealthEast decreased the rate of patients with HbA1c >= 9 from 36% to 16% & increased the rates of HbA1c, lipid & microalbumin testing & annual foot & eye exams. Improvement efforts focused on the 6 components of Wagner's chronic conditions model. (12/99)
HealthPartners implementation of Wagner's model for improving care for patients with chronic conditions resulted in improvement in patients with HbA1c levels < 8 from 47% to 69%, HbA1c levels >= 10 from 12% to 7% & LDL < 130 from 58% to 65%. (12/99)
Quello increased both the rate of patients tested and those in glycemic control from 65% to 75% by the development of a patient registry, a systematic approach to diabetic education and management, and visit planning. (Quello Clinic,Ltd., 9/98)
HealthEast Clinics, HealthPartners Medical Group & Mayo Clinic have developed a patient registry to improve management of diabetes care. This report explores how these 3 groups are using the registry to best use & design criteria for the registry. (3/01)
Family Centered Care was implemented by CentraCare Clinic Women & Children in St. Cloud, Minnesota. CentraCare is a multispecialty group with eight clinic sites and three hospitals, located in central Minnesota. (03/2005)
HSM (Park Nicollet Health Services) improved the capacity to make process improvements by developing a structure that can support QI projects regardless of their focus or scope. (4/00)
This report makes recommendations for improving the coordination of disease management programs among health plans and between health plans and medical groups.
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