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Chronic Disease Collaborative Team Reports
Learning Session 3 of the Vermont Chronic Care Collaborative (V3C) was held June 10 and 11, 2004 at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier, Vermont. Turn out was excellent, with over 50 healthcare professionals in attendance. Some of the topics covered in the two days were: Diabetes and Retinopathy, Motivational Interviewing, Nutrition Education - In-House Grocery Store and a video produced by 2Much Media titled Diabetes Education…It’s About Time.
The Outcomes Congress will be held on October 29th in Montpelier. Aims developed by the staff and faculty for V3C are:
With assistance from faculty and staff, teams developed Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycles focused on three primary measures: lowering Hemoglobin A1C levels, B/P below 130/80, and Lipid levels < 100. Management and control of these three measures will have a significant, positive impact on the pilot populations the teams have identified. In addition to these three measures, the teams were instructed to choose another two to five clinical indicators to address with their pilot populations. Links Improving Chronic Illness Care - (ICIC) VPQHC will be posting additional information on the collaborative and the Chronic Care Model in the near future. If you would like further information about V3C contact Cy Jordan at 802 229 2152. The Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care is involved in a number of statewide quality improvement projects. Program staff coordinate these projects in cooperation with personnel from Vermont's hospitals, physicians, other providers and appropriate experts. Projects are chosen based on identified variations in practice, potential impact on cost and quality, and the availability of necessary provider leadership. Most of VPQHC’s quality improvement activities take the form of projects that address care in specific clinical areas. A project usually has three components: clinical, analytical, and dissemination. The clinical component of a project focuses on identifying guidelines and best practices. Whenever possible, we use guidelines that are based on scientific research and are developed by organizations such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , the American Diabetes Association, or the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). A project steering committee, including physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, reviews available guidelines. The committee may adapt guidelines to make them easier to use by local practitioners. The analytical component serves two purposes – to understand current patterns of care and to evaluate the effects of each project. We use information from many sources, including insurance claims, hospital discharge abstracts, and data systems that are set up to support individual projects. The dissemination component gets information to local health care providers. We use a wide range of techniques, from presentations at hospital medical staff meetings to mailings. |
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