A Focused Telephonic Nursing Intervention Delivers Improved Adherence to A1c Testing
- 1 October 2006
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Disease Management
- Vol. 9 (5) , 277-283
- https://doi.org/10.1089/dis.2006.9.277
Abstract
Compliance with hemoglobin A1c (A1c) testing is suboptimal despite the clear national recommendations and guidelines established for care of patients with diabetes. Recent studies have demonstrated a relationship between participation in a diabetes disease management (DM) program and improved adherence to A1c testing. A focused intervention study was initiated to investigate the ability of a DM program to drive improvement in A1c testing. A cohort of 36,327 members experienced a statistically significant increase (29%) in A1c testing while participating in the 6-month focused intervention. This finding demonstrated that a focused DM intervention is able to deliver improvement in a clinical process metric critical for managing patients with diabetes, thereby reducing their risk of disease exacerbation.Keywords
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