Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

March 5 2013 20130305

New Primary Care Focus Helps Patients Take Better Care of Themselves

December 14 2012 20121214

Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year

August 2 2011 20110802

Why You Need to Explore Your Treatment Options

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Patient Web Portals To Improve Diabetes Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Clinicians & Providers

• AHRQ Research on Diabetes Care
• Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies
• Comparative Effectiveness of Sulfonylurea and Metformin Monotherapy on Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes Data Group vs Carpenter-Coustan Criteria to Diagnose Gestational Diabetes
• Diabetes Education for Children
• Diabetes: Quality Improvement
• Does Prescription Drug Adherence Reduce Hospitalizations and Costs? The Case of Diabetes.
• EHC Program Inside Track Newsletter
• Gestational Diabetes
• Gestational Diabetes
• Health Care: Diabetes Care Browse Page
• Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
• Improving Quality of Diabetes Care
• Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients With Diabetic Re
• Patient Web Portals To Improve Diabetes Outcomes: A Systematic Review
• Research with Diabetes Data
• Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)-II
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies
• Improving Quality of Diabetes Care
• Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)-II
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Policymaker Resources

• Diabetes Care Quality Improvement Workbook and Resource Guide
• Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
• Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

Fact Sheets

September 1 2012 20120901

AHRQ Research on Diabetes Care

September 1 2012 20120901

Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies

September 1 2012 20120901

Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities

September 1 2012 20120901

Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)-II

Full Research Reports

September 1 2012 20120901

Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

September 1 2012 20120901

Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

March 1 2008 20080301

Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers

Other Research & Data

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• Among patients with diabetes, racial/ethnic discrimination by health care providers is uncommon
• British Columbia Ministry of Health
• Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs Expanding Across Virginia
• Comparative Effectiveness of Sulfonylurea and Metformin Monotherapy on Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Cook County Ambulatory and Community Health Network
• Diabetes Data Group vs Carpenter-Coustan Criteria to Diagnose Gestational Diabetes
• Diabetes Education for Children
• Diabetes: Quality Improvement
• Gestational Diabetes
• Gestational Diabetes
• Health Care: Diabetes Care Browse Page
• Health literacy level has no impact on frequency of blood-glucose monitoring for inner-city patients with diabetes
• Highmark, Inc.
• Kaiser Permanente Southern California; Riverside Medical Center, Riverside, California
• Mayo Clinic
• Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients With Diabetic Re
• New York State Department of Health
• Patient Web Portals To Improve Diabetes Outcomes: A Systematic Review
• Patients with adult-onset diabetes with limited health literacy more likely to suffer hypoglycemic episodes
• Patients with limited health literacy less likely to use an Internet portal for diabetes and other health information
• Puerto Rican Diabetes Association Uses AHRQ's Effective Health Care Summary
• Research with Diabetes Data
• State of Alaska
• State of Alaska
• Treatment by physicians with same race and language as the patient may improve medication adherence
• Web videonovela series helps Spanish-speaking patients compare treatments for diabetes

Press Releases

April 26 2012 20120426

New Web Videonovela Series Helps Spanish-speaking Patients Compare Treatments for Diabetes

News & Numbers

March 30 2011 20110330

Diabetes Testing Among Poor, Minority, and Inner-City Adults Plummets

February 23 2011 20110223

Spending for Prescriptions to Control Cholesterol and Diabetes Exceeds $52 Billion

January 5 2011 20110105

The Number of U.S. Adults Treated for Diabetes More Than Doubled Between 1996 and 2007

December 15 2010 20101215

One in 16 Women Hospitalized for Childbirth Has Diabetes

September 20 2010 20100920

Diabetes Pills Use Up-Insulin Use Down

August 13 2010 20100813

Treating Americans With Diabetes Cost Hospitals $83 Billion

April 8 2010 20100408

More Adults With Diabetes Are Getting Flu Shots

March 10 2010 20100310

Cholesterol and Diabetes Lead Drug Spending for the Elderly

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

March 5 2013 20130305

New Primary Care Focus Helps Patients Take Better Care of Themselves

December 14 2012 20121214

Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year

August 2 2011 20110802

Why You Need to Explore Your Treatment Options

Other News & Events

• A "diabetes dashboard" screen helps clinicians quickly and accurately access patient data needed for quality diabetes care
• A structured goal-setting approach can improve care outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes
• AHRQ Research on Diabetes Care
• AHRQ updates report on oral diabetes medications' effectiveness and safety
• AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange offers innovative solutions to caring for women with gestational diabetes
• Among patients with diabetes, racial/ethnic discrimination by health care providers is uncommon
• An empowerment-based educational approach improves understanding and knowledge for patients with diabetes
• Antipsychotic medications linked to occurrence of diabetes in children
• Bariatric surgery before pregnancy reduces the risk of gestational diabetes in obese women
• Bariatric surgery is not linked to lower costs among individuals with diabetes
• Better adherence to diabetes medications means fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits
• Cholesterol and diabetes drugs lead drug spending for the elderly
• Chronic Care Model linked to exercise discussions during primary care office visits for diabetes
• Clinician and Patient Resources Now Available on ADHD Treatment Options
• Clinicians should be cautious when prescribing one class of diabetes drugs for patients at high risk for heart attack
• Comparative Effectiveness of Sulfonylurea and Metformin Monotherapy on Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Comparative Effectiveness of Sulfonylurea and Metformin Monotherapy on cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cohort study.
• Costly, ineffective tests used more often than more effective, but inexpensive tests to diagnose peripheral neuropathy
• Counseling education does not significantly boost residents' dietary counseling of patients with diabetes
• Delaying the control of blood pressure among middle-aged adults with diabetes
• Depression, falls, and low blood sugar affect quality of life as much as diabetes complications in older adults with diabetes
• Diabetes substantially affects school dropout rates and wages
• Diabetes testing plummets among poor, minority, and inner-city adults
• Diabetes treatment involves more multidrug regimens and high financial burden
• Diet and medication adherence can reduce cardiovascular disease for patients with type 2 diabetes
• Electronic health records improve diabetes care and outcomes
• Electronic standing orders increase delivery of preventive services
• Empowerment approach to diabetes education works better than the traditional didactic approach
• For hypertensive patients with diabetes, blood pressure drops quicker with more frequent interactions with clinicians
• Fragmentation of care for complex diabetes patients may be associated with greater use of the emergency department
• Gaps in insurance coverage linked to less receipt of preventive services by patients with diabetes
• Health literacy level has no impact on frequency of blood-glucose monitoring for inner-city patients with diabetes
• Hospital readmissions higher for chronic conditions
• Insulin pump and glucose monitoring improve blood-sugar control for diabetes patients
• Insulin pump and glucose monitoring improve blood-sugar control for patients with type 1 diabetes
• Low-income patients who perceive more control over their diabetes have higher quality of life
• Many challenges remain in the design and use of consumer health informatics interventions
• Many patients with diabetes who reach the Medicare Part D drug coverage gap don't talk about drug costs with their doctors
• Medications differ in their effect on risk of foot ulcers and limb amputations in patients with diabetes
• Metformin just as effective as other medications for treating type 2 diabetes
• Metformin remains the medication of first choice in treating type 2 diabetes
• More adults with diabetes are getting flu shots
• Most patients with type 2 diabetes suffer an adverse event between office visits
• New AHRQ report on women at risk for diabetes is available
• New guides describe comparative effectiveness of therapies for autism, diabetes, and pain management of hip fracture
• Obese patients with hypertension and diabetes have a greater risk of dying after noncardiac surgery
• One in 16 women hospitalized for childbirth has diabetes
• Patient Web portals improve diabetes care and outcomes
• Patients with adult-onset diabetes with limited health literacy more likely to suffer hypoglycemic episodes
• Patients with limited health literacy less likely to use an Internet portal for diabetes and other health information
• Patients with type 2 diabetes express mixed reactions to a mobile phone and Web-based disease management program
• Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with elevated hemoglobin A1c levels in low-income blacks with diabetes
• Primary care organizational characteristics are linked to the self-management behaviors of patients with diabetes
• Primary care practices incur considerable costs for collecting data on diabetes quality improvement programs
• Primary care visits every 2 weeks linked to better treatment outcomes for patients with diabetes
• Process improvements in family practice lead to some improvements in intermediate outcomes
• Providing customized clinical information to patients and physicians does not improve diabetes care
• Race/ethnic origin of mother and father influence whether the mother develops gestational diabetes
• Research comparing diabetes medications helps patients and clinicians choose the right one
• Review supports use of metformin as first-line therapy for patients without other contraindications
• Rise in prescription copays puts different patients at risk for nonadherence to medications
• Self-management programs for patients with diabetes have a positive impact
• Similarly effective international guidelines for managing cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes vary in costs
• Spending for prescriptions to control diabetes, cholesterol, and other metabolic conditions exceeds $52 billion
• Study outlines factors associated with untreated diabetes
• Sulfonylurea medication linked to kidney function decline among patients with diabetes
• The number of U.S. adults treated for diabetes more than doubled between 1996 and 2007
• Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)-II
• Treating Americans with diabetes cost hospitals $83 billion
• Treatment by physicians with same race and language as the patient may improve medication adherence
• Two-thirds of people with diabetes miss some critically important exams to manage the disease
• Use of diabetes pills up, insulin use down
• Use of physician extenders associated with increase in antidepressant prescribing in nursing homes, Figure
• Videonovela for Hispanics on managing diabetes uses family drama to educate patients and families
• Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque Technical Brief Is Available
• Web videonovela series helps Spanish-speaking patients compare treatments for diabetes
• Web-based programs help patients with diabetes feel empowered to take care of themselves
• Wheeled Mobility Service Delivery Review Highlights Need for Research