Purpose: Quality improvement project to improve diabetic retinopathy education and screening in a rural primary care clinic to meet the standard of care.
Aims: To improve the delinquency rate of diabetic retinopathy screening.
Processes: Participants included those with type 1 and type 2 diabetes ages 18 and up in the rural health clinic. Diabetic retinopathy screening importance education was displayed in the clinic and provided to each applicable patient in the form of a handout. A diabetic eye camera was brought to the rural health primary care clinic to offer more convenient access and free eye exams to clinic patients with diabetes. The project was deemed quality improvement by the IRB.
Results: (To be determined after project implementation – results anticipated to be excellent based on the number of patients who are signed up to participate in this day.) There are 486 patients with a diagnosis of diabetes in the clinic. ___ were delinquent in eye exam prior to implementation and ___ were delinquent after.
Limitations: Project performed in only one clinic; project leader is employed at the clinic in this study.
Conclusions: Implementation of the eye exam day improved the delinquency rate of diabetic retinopathy screening in the clinic and proved to be a valuable means of enhancing patient compliance and satisfaction of routine eye health monitoring in patients with diabetes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:es-conf-1110 |
| Date | 23 April 2023 |
| Creators | Yoggerst, Lindsey |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference |
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