title: Improving the delivery of care for diabetes patients with a collaborative model.
abstract: A diverse group of home care agencies participated in a national Home Health Diabetes Learning Collaborative focused on developing the skills of practitioners to implement process-of-care changes among their diabetes populations. Through face-to-face meetings, conference calls, and "listserv" communications, these agencies worked together to plan, test, and spread best practice change concepts. Early evaluation results suggest the collaborative was an effective mechanism for achieving rapid quality improvements in the home care setting.
authors.affiliation: Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 5 Penn Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001-1810, USA. amy.clark@vnsny.org
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D020407:Internet; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality