Case studies from two collaboratives on diabetes in Washington State.
Two individual teams, one from a small, rural clinic and one from a larger urban health system, were able to introduce innovations in care and realize improvement in patient outcomes.
Daniel
Donna M
DM
Qualis Health, Seattle, USA. donnad@qualishealth.org
Norman
Jan
J
Davis
Connie
C
Lee
Helan
H
Hindmarsh
Michael F
MF
McCulloch
David K
DK
Wagner
Edward H
EH
Sugarman
Jonathan R
JR
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington