This article originally posted 24 March, 2012 and appeared in Issue 396
Test Your Knowledge Answer #396
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The correct answer is (D) Develop a current database of clinical data for all patients who have diabetes.
Key Point:
An up-to-date database that allows a practice to identify all patients who have diabetes and their key clinical data (called a diabetes registry) is an important foundation for improving care for these patients.
Before practices can effectively institute more proactive, population-based approaches for providing diabetes care to patients, they must develop some system for keeping information up-to-date for all diabetes patients in the practice. Diabetes registries provide necessary information for delivering evidence-based care on a regular, proactive basis and for monitoring and reporting performance. Calling or sending reminders to patients and scheduling regular visits depend on an effective data system to track diabetes patients. Such registries also enable practices to provide timely reminders to providers as well as patients, identify relevant subpopulations for proactive care, facilitate individual patient-care planning, and monitor performance of the practice team and care system. Developing a registry is an essential first step for other measures to improve the quality of diabetes care.
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