Type 2 Diabetes affects approximately 30 million people across the Unites States. This chronic disease has significant effects on quality of life, and financial burden for patients and the healthcare system. Pharmacist intervention in addition to standard care for patients with Type 2 Diabetes has shown improved outcomes for patients; an essential aspect of these interventions is the completion of comprehensive care. Our objective is to identify the common missing components of comprehensive care to allow for development of targeted interventions and resources at the Rural Health Services Consortium. These findings may be implemented to improve the care of patients with diabetes in this clinic and others in similar clinics across the Appalachian region. Patients with Type 2 Diabetes who received their diabetes care at the Rural Health Consortium clinic in Rogersville, Tennessee were retrospectively evaluated for missing evidence-based interventions that could improve their health and quality of life, such as dental care, vaccinations, yearly diabetic foot exams, and eye exams. Completion of comprehensive care was calculated for patients enrolled in the site’s Diabetes Care Program for the year prior to their enrollment via retrospective chart review. A total of 28 patients were evaluated in this study from the Diabetes Care Program, a pharmacist-led diabetes care initiative designed to augment standard care, with the eventual goal of comparing this data to the year of enrollment in the program. IRB approval has been granted for this study. Preliminary results indicate consistent completion of evidence-based laboratory measurements, including lipid panels and hemoglobin A1C, and the initiation of appropriate medication therapy, such as ACE/ARBs, statins, Aspirin, and diabetic medications. However, age-appropriate and disease-specific vaccinations were less likely to be completed, and there was a lack of documentation for other critical health services, most notably dental care. This data will be implemented in future quality improvement measures for diabetic patients at the Rural Health Consortium and may serve as a model for other rural healthcare providers who serve diabetic patients.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:asrf-1376 |
| Date | 12 April 2019 |
| Creators | Maloney, Rebecca, Lawson, Addison, Vinh, Sean, Curry, Justi, Worley, Tara, Flores, Emily |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Appalachian Student Research Forum |
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