title: Clinic uses chronic care model to tackle diabetes.
abstract: The chronic care model establishes a path to improvement--even at the practice level. It's a highly esteemed model for chronic care management, but even large organizations struggle to implement all of the elements that comprise the chronic care model. However, it can be done at the practice level. See how one Seattle-based clinic used it to produce an array of improvements in diabetes care.
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006123:Group Practice; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014861:Washington