The Implementation of a Diabetes Education Patient Tracking System in a Rural Utah Hospital

Download or read book The Implementation of a Diabetes Education Patient Tracking System in a Rural Utah Hospital written by Holly C. Hacking and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diabetes self-management education and support are critical for all patients with diabetes. For diabetes education programs to be effective, they must determine patient status, track changes, provide consistent, organized education, follow up with patients, report to referring providers, and report to the accreditation body. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to replace paper documentation with an electronic diabetes education tracking system. The utilization of electronic health records improves quality patient outcomes by increasing the efficiency of documentation and retrieval of data. Chronicle Diabetes is an electronic data management system designed specifically for diabetes education. Implementation included working with the Information Technology department, introducing the program to hospital staff, and completing education with the diabetes educator. The training was completed with the diabetes educator, the clinical informatics nurse, and the medical records department. During the data collection phase of the project, thirty-one patients were entered into the Chronicle Diabetes. The project's success was demonstrated by the diabetes educator's increase in efficiency of 60-90 minutes per patient, improved patient outcomes noted by the average decrease in AIC’s and the increase in patient and provider communication. Implementing a diabetes patient tracking system like Chronicle Diabetes improves the consistency of diabetes self-management education and support for patients with diabetes. Well developed electronic health systems improve user satisfaction by streamlining documentation, facilitating patient and provider communication, and enhancing quality care continuity for patients with diabetes.