The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians is excited to announce its newest member benefit—the Prevention and Management of Diabetes Quality Improvement (QI) Program. This FREE* benefit of membership offers an online data collection module focused on diabetes to assist family physicians in the execution of a systematic, QI initiative focused on improving the care provided to patients in preventing and managing diabetes.
Completion of the module will help Academy members fulfill their American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Performance Improvement Activity requirement for Family Medicine Certification and earn American Academy of Family Physicians Performance Improvement in Practice credits.
Family physicians care for patients of all ages and treat a variety of conditions, both acute and chronic, in numerous clinical settings. While there are many clinical guidelines to assist clinicians, the sheer number of them can be overwhelming. Family physicians and their care teams need appropriate education and training on how to screen and diagnose patients with prediabetes and diabetes.
The OAFP’s newest asset will assist members in establishing clear practice guidelines, give a clinical understanding of a patient’s contextual barriers to care, and how to use the practice team to implement meaningful patient interventions.
- Understand the importance of practice team engagement on improving outcomes for patients with diabetes/prediabetes
- Determine the gaps in the care given to patients with diabetes, those with prediabetes, and those at risk for diabetes
- Put interventions into practice, work for improvement in lifestyle, medical therapy, and/or monitoring for patients with diabetes.
- Demonstrate improvements in patient care as a result of systems changes identified through quality improvement initiatives.
- American Diabetes Association, Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes – 2016
- Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2016 Abridged for Primary Care Providers.
For more information, please visit the OAFP website, watch the tutorial video, contact Director of Performance Improvement Erin Jech, or call 800.742.7327.
*ABFM fees still apply.