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Diabetes Improvement Toolkit (2017). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: A website that hosts toolkits, guides, and other resources to support data collection, quality, and performance improvement with the use of Health IT tools More Details...

Diabetes Prevention:New Pathways for Reimbursement (2017). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, participants will hear Dr. Ann Albright, the Director of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the CDC give an overview of the National DPP, Kelly McCracken of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) provide details on a project in Maryland and Oregon to demonstrate how the National DPP’s lifestyle change program can be delivered to the Medicaid population as well as become a covered benefit for that population, and Laura Summers of Leavitt Partners provide an overview of an online National DPP Coverage Toolkit to assist private and public payers interested in covering the service More Details...

Prioritization Matrix: A framework for selecting QI activities or project (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: It is sometimes difficult to know what target metric to focus on when beginning a quality improvement project. A prioritization matrix is a management tool that uses a simple framework to compare multiple options side-by-side using standard criteria. This version includes four criteria and can be adapted for your purposes. What is it and how can it help me? It is sometimes difficult to know where to start when approaching several opportunities to improve care process that emerge from a quality improvement project. A prioritization matrix is a management tool that uses a simple framework to compare multiple options side-by-side using standard criteria.   Download one of the prioritization matrix tools below. One is for selecting a target for a QI Project (e.g., hypertension control, colorectal cancer screening, immunizations, etc.) The other is for selecting among potential improvements identified. These are word documents that you can further edit for your own purposes.   Prioritization Matrix for Selecting Target for QI Project Using the Guide to Improving Care Processes and Outcomes in Health Centers or beginning another QI project, a number of potential targets will be identified (e.g., hypertension control, diabetes control, colorectal cancer screening, no show rate, etc.) List those potential enhancements in the Opportunities to improve target performance column in this matrix. Rate each possible target according to the scale provided. You can also leave a column blank if you don’t find it relevant, just be sure to leave it blank for all options. When rating External requirement consider whether this target metric is related to required reporting, such as UDS, or even more that one reporting requirement? If yes, rate it a 3, otherwise, rate as a 2 for something that is desired or is tangentially related, or a 1 if it is not required for external reporting. When rating Cost consider how substantial the financial investment would be for addressing the target being considered? If the financial investment is relatively low, then rate it a 3. Rate a 2 if a moderate financial investment would be required, and rate a 1 if the activity would require a substantial financial investment, (i.e., the cost is high). When rating Difficulty, you may consider whether you currently have the staff, referral relationships, or other key components that are critical to addressing that target. For example, if you do not have an OB/GYN or someone appropriate to conduct pap tests on staff, and you don’t have an existing referral relationship with a provider who completes pap tests in your community, then targeting cervical cancer screening for improvement would be difficult. When rating Impact, consider how large of an impact addressing the target could have. For example, are there a large number of patients with the condition or in need of the screening? Is current performance particularly low such that a change could result in significant improvement? Once all potential enhancements are listed and ratings are in each column, add all columns together to identify the items that are likely to have the biggest greatest impact with the most efficiency. Those potential enhancements that have the highest score (=external requirement + cost + difficulty + impact) may be the best enhancements to try first.   Prioritization Matrix for Selecting Improvement to Test Using the Guide to Improving Care Processes and Outcomes in Health Centers or beginning another QI project, a number of potential targets will be identified (e.g., hypertension control, diabetes control, colorectal cancer screening, no show rate, etc.) List those potential enhancements in the Opportunities to improve target performance column in this matrix. Rate each possible target according to the scale provided. You can also leave a column blank if you don’t find it relevant, just be sure to leave it blank for all options. When rating External requirement consider whether this target metric is related to required reporting, such as UDS, or even more that one reporting requirement? If yes, rate it a 3, otherwise, rate as a 2 for something that is desired or is tangentially related, or a 1 if it is not required for external reporting. When rating Cost consider how substantial the financial investment would be for addressing the target being considered? If the financial investment is relatively low, then rate it a 3. Rate a 2 if a moderate financial investment would be required, and rate a 1 if the activity would require a substantial financial investment, (i.e., the cost is high). When rating Difficulty, you may consider whether you currently have the staff, referral relationships, or other key components that are critical to addressing that target. For example, if you do not have an OB/GYN or someone appropriate to conduct pap tests on staff, and you don’t have an existing referral relationship with a provider who completes pap tests in your community, then targeting cervical cancer screening for improvement would be difficult. When rating Impact, consider how large of an impact addressing the target could have. For example, are there a large number of patients with the condition or in need of the screening? Is current performance particularly low such that a change could result in significant improvement? Once all potential enhancements are listed and ratings are in each column, add all columns together to identify the items that are likely to have the biggest greatest impact with the most efficiency. Those potential enhancements that have the highest score (=external requirement + cost + difficulty + impact) may be the best enhancements to try first. More Details...

Best Practices and Considerations for Wound Care: Healing Hands (2017). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Research has shown that people experiencing homelessness often experience acute wounds as a result of lacerations, injuries, fractures, stabbing or gunshot wounds, burns, frostbite, and chronic medical conditions such as diabetes. When these acute wounds are not adequately treated, they can evolve into chronic wounds, such as venous stasis ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, or intravenous (IV) drug use site infections. This issue of Healing Hands provides perspectives on the role of clinics, respite facilities, outreach teams, and community partnerships in facilitating improved wound care for people experiencing homelessness. More Details...

Connect for Health: Design of a Clinical-Community Childhood Obesity Intervention Testing Best Practices of Positive Outliers: Connect for Health (2016). Resource Type: Template. Description: HRSA has promoted this multidisciplinary care model as a best-practice for the implementation of childhood obesity multidisciplinary care teams. More Details...

The Health of AA&NHPIs Served at Health Centers: UDS 2014 (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet examines patient demographics and utilization of health services at health centers serving Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs) at health centers from the 2014 UDS dataset. It highlights the differences between these health centers and the national average of all health centers in the United States. Despite the high disease burden of its patient population, AA&NHPI-serving health centers have statistically significant better screening rates and health outcomes for hepatitis B, pap smears, hypertension and diabetes. More Details...

Guide to Improving Care Processes and Outcomes in Health Centers: An approach to quality improvement (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The quality improvement QI approach outlined in this Guide can be used to augment current QI approaches used in your health center, or can serve as a placeholder QI methodology when there isn’t already a robust QI process in place. It provides a framework and tools for documenting, analyzing, sharing and improving key workflows and information flows that drive performance on high-stakes care performance measures, and related improvement imperatives. This webpage provides strategies and tools that health centers and their partners can use to enhance care processes and outcomes targeted for improvement, such as hypertension and diabetes control, preventive care, and many others. More Details...

Apoyando a Mi Mama Con Su Diabetes - Supporting My Mother with Her Diabetes: A Digital Story about Diabetes (2016). Resource Type: Video. Description: A young woman shares her story and educates us on how she helps her mother manage diabetes. This digital story is narrated in Spanish with English subtitles. More Details...

Health Screenings in the Dental Office (2011). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Powerpoint presentation describes the importance of screening in a dental clinic and includes data from the CDC National Diabetes Fact Sheet, discusses the first reports of HIV/AIDS, and reviews the CDC's basics of HIV including counseling and testing recommendations. It provides a detailed rationale for current prevention efforts. More Details...

Impact of Enabling Services Utilization on Health Outcomes: Enabling Services Accountability Project (2009). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet highlights the impact of enabling services (ES) on diabetes and childhood immunizations at four health centers, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center in Waianae, HI, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York, NY, International Community Health Services in Seattle, WA, and Kalihi-Palama Health Center in Honolulu, HI. The results indicate that ES utilization is associated with better diabetes outcomes and child immunization. More Details...

Evaluation Of Culturally Appropriate Community Health Education On Diabetes Outcomes (2008). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides the results of a study that examined the impact of health education utilization on HbA1c levels of diabetic patients at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC). The results showed that health education visits are associated with improved HbA1c levels, and thus are essential to patient health care. This demonstrates that culturally and linguistically appropriate health education services are integral components of health center care for underserved populations and serve as effective tools to reduce barriers to care and diabetes health disparities. More Details...

My Healthy Eating Plate: Middle Eastern North African Edition (1905). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Fresh fruits and vegetables, portion control, and knowledge of nutrition are essential to maintaining a healthy diet. This brochure, created by MHP Salud and the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, was designed to help Middle Eastern and North African communities build nutritious plates with familiar fresh foods. More Details...

Your Health Care Home ​Keeping Your Diabetes Under Control​ (2017). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: This guide provides key recommendations for diabetes control and a personal diabetes care plan sample for patients with diabetes. More Details...

Viajando con un plan (2019). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Este recurso educativo proporciona información para que los pacientes tomen decisiones saludables mientras viajan, planificando con anticipación y manteniéndose físicamente activos. More Details...

Traveling with a Plan (2019). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: This educational resource provides informationfor patients to to make healthy choices while on the road by planning ahead and staying physically active. More Details...

The National Diabetes Prevention Program: Where We Are, Where We're Going (43738). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To provide an overview of the Primary Care Association (PCA) environmental scan and results. More Details...

Taking Action to Change: Brief Motivational Interviewing Techniques for Better Health Outcomes (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This one hour training webinar is presented by Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, MS, ABPP, CSOWM. The training is focused on how you can use brief motivational interviewing techniques to improve health outcomes for patients diagnosed with diabetes. More Details...

Su Hogar de Salud Manteniendo su Diabetes Bajo Control (2017). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Esta guía provee recomendaciones clave para el control de la diabetes y una muestra de un plan de cuidado personal de la diabetes para pacientes con diabetes. More Details...

Shopping and Cooking Healthy Foods (2019). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Interactive map to guide patient's healthy food shopping and cooking. More Details...

Promising Practices in National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) Implementation, Part 2 (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) and the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES) invite you to participate in a webinar where health centers will share successful strategies to find the right lifestyle coaches for your team, build awareness among providers, partners, and patients, engage program participants, and overcome challenges due to COVID-19. ADCES will also spotlight two programs that are “making it happen” through innovative in-person and virtual strategies. Whether you are new to prevention or taking your National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) to full recognition, you will leave this webinar with new ideas to make it happen in your community. More Details...