IHS getting healthy returns in statewide diabetes initiative.
Why? Because it can work on a large scale. Consider the case of an Iowa-based health system that has spearheaded an initiative to boost diabetes care across the entire state. The organization decided to target education for improvement as a first step, developing a series of Diabetes Education Centers--and it was a good call. See how this organization is achieving its goals.
D003363:Cost Control; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life