B5 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT: Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care

Thursday, April 15, 2010: 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
Mission
1:45 PM
Program Integration - the Oregon Story
Jacqueline Villnave, MPH, Oregon Public Health Division
2:00 PM
Expanding Implementation of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle Intervention Across Montana
Marcene Butcher, RD, CDE, Montana Diabetes Project; Taryn Hall, MPH, Montana Diabetes Project; Todd Harwell, MPH, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Steven Helgerson, MD, MPH, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Karl Vanderwood, MPH, Montana Diabetes Project
2:15 PM
Coming Together to Improve the Health Status of Underserved Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes
Guedy Arniella, LCSW, North General Hospital; Janice Hidalgo-Meléndez, BA, IPRO
2:30 PM
Quality Improvement Instrument Improves Multidisciplinary Approach to Self Management in West Virginia Clinics
Sally Hurst, BA, Marshall University School of Medicine; Carol Brownson, MSPH, Washington University School of Medicine; Richard Crespo, PhD, Marshall University School of Medicine
2:45 PM
Sustainability Model for Diabetes Care in Rural Arizona
Donna Zazworsky, MS, RN, CCM, FAAN, Carondelet Health Network; Colleen Wheeler, MPH, MHSM, PMP, Arizona Department of Health Services