Redesigning diabetes care

Redesigning after-hours primary care.

Confronting disparities in diabetes care: the clinical effectiveness of redesigning care management for minority patients in rural primary care practices.

CONTEXT Diabetes mellitus and its complications disproportionately affect minority citizens in rural communities, many of whom have limited access to comprehensive diabetes management services. PURPOSE To explore the efficacy of combining care management and interdisciplinary group visits for rural African American patients with diabetes mellitus. METHODS In the intervention practice, an ad...

Redesigning acute care processes in Wisconsin.

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Ramadan Fasting and Diabetes Care

Care Dependency and Diabetes Self-Care Activities in Elderly Individuals with Diabetes

Introduction: Changing lifestyle, physical inactivity, and obesity lead to increased diabetes prevalence in the elderly. Diabetes management involves self-care activities, such as medical nutrition therapy, physical activity, use of pharmacologic agent, self-monitoring of blood glucose, foot care, and smoking cessation. Physiological, biological, mental changes that show up with aging and the p...