A Quality improvement initiative to enhance the care of diabetic patients in a general medicine clinic

Clinical Diabetes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Lasky, Rosalind A ^a   Homa, Karen ^b   Splaine, Mark ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dartmouth Hitchcock Leadership Preventive Residency Program

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 77957241286     PISSN: 08918929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diaclin.28.3.115     Document Type: Review

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