Improving Diabetes Care Collaboratively in the Community
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Diabetes
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Enrollment
- 6993
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- hemoglobin A1c
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a quality improvement intervention including rapid quality improvement, a chronic care model, and best practices improves diabetes care in community health centers and whether more intensive interventions enhance care further.
Detailed Description
In 1998 the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care began the Health Disparities Collaborative (HDC) to improve chronic disease management in community health centers (HC) nationwide. The HDC incorporates rapid quality improvement (QI), a chronic care model, and best practices. This study determines if the HDC improves diabetes care and whether more intensive interventions with additional learning sessions for health centers, provider training in behavioral change, and patient empowerment materials enhance care further.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •patients with diabetes age 18-75 years
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnant women
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
hemoglobin A1c
Time Frame: 4 years
Change in hemoglobin A1c from baseline
Secondary Outcomes
- Lipid levels(4 years)
- Blood pressure(4 years)
- Urine microalbumin levels(4 years)