Pursuing Equity in Diabetes Population

<p>Abstract</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Poor glycemic control (HbA1c >8) overtime leads to microvascular and macrovascular complications after the first and third years respectively, ultimately resulting in death after five years (Karter, 2016). Current Kaiser Permanente (KP) data stratified by race, ethnicity, age, and gender shows a significant disparity gap between Hispanics/Latino and Caucasian populations. The Pursuing IHI initiative is over a 2-year period completed at a microsystem that is focusing on health equity practices to reduce disparity gaps.</p> <p><strong>Project aim</strong></p> <p>KP Riverside, microsystem selected has a large population of Hispanic/Latino KP members, with focus on health equity. The project aim is to improve glycemic control (HbA1c< 8) among Hispanic/Latino diabetes patients by 1% from a baseline of 9.8% to 8.8% per KP Riverside HEDIS data using best practices created from evaluating the relationship between organizational leadership and community effects on clinical outcomes by performing a PDSA cycle by Q4 2018. The initiative is a 2-year commitment, budget approval will be required for both 2017 and 2018. A 1% decrease in HbA1C is significant in preventing microvascular and macrovascular complications in poorly controlled diabetes patients.</p> <p><strong>Results and Sustainability Plan</strong></p> <p>The results are the development of the project charter and the implementation plan for beginning work with this site. Long and short term sustainability plans are needed to support the success of this project and to integrate the global goal of health equity. The short-term plan includes the CNL assuming the role of the performance improvement advisor and collaborating with the inter-professional team to implement the improvement process (AACN, 2013; Harris, Roussel, & Thomas, 2017). This includes conducting a quick baseline survey or microsystem assessment to understand current practices and identify gaps. Long term plan includes on-going assessment of the microsystem and performance improvement data to demonstrate sustainability and identify new improvement opportunities.</p> <p><em>Keywords</em>: diabetes, health equity, Hispanics, Latinos, costs, diabetes management, health disparities, and best practice strategies.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Rawlinson, Aisha

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nancy Taquino, DNP RN CNL

• diabetes
• health equity
• Hispanics
• Latinos
• costs
• diabetes management
• health disparities
• and best practice strategies
• Endocrine System Diseases
• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
• Other Nursing
• Public Health and Community Nursing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/593

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1624