Target: Prediabetes

Improving Hypertension _ Diabetes Control and Prevention

GOOGLE IT: online test CAN HELP YOUR

PATIENTS determine prediabetes risk

More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States have prediabetes, and 90 percent don't even know they have it. Could your patient be one of them? There is an easy way for patients to find out if they or a loved one may have prediabetes - just Google it!

When someone Googles either "prediabetes" or "type 2 diabetes," a health card with a public health notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will appear on the right side of the screen. Click on the link to take the one-minute Prediabetes Risk Test .

Those who receive a high risk result can print or e-mail the risk test results. This enables patients to share the information with their healthcare provider, who can confirm a prediabetes diagnosis. The risk test page includes information on how to join a lifestyle change program offered through the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) as a support in making important lifestyle changes.

Encourage your patients to take the test today - either electronically or in a downloadable format for printing.

M.A.P. Your plan: achieve national dpp referral success

While one in three U.S. adults has prediabetes, only about ten percent know they have it. To make it easier to incorporate prediabetes screening and identification into routine patient workflows, the American Medical Association (AMA) offers tools and resources for physicians and their care teams through the Measure accurately, Act rapidly, Partner with patients (M.A.P.) framework .

The downloadable M.A.P. (Measure, Act, Partner) to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes template can help practices achieve a system that works best for the care team, the provider and the patient by clearly identifying two approaches to prediabetes referral:

Point-of-Care: Identifies opportunities to diagnose, treat and provide referral to patients with prediabetes during an office visit
Retrospective: Discover ways to use your EHR and other methods of contact to refer patient to DPP and obtain feedback reports.

Visit the AMA's website to download the Preventing Type 2 Diabetes guide, which details how to refer patients with prediabetes to an evidence-based diabetes prevention program.

Resource roundup: prediabetes

Need up-to-date materials to supplement your workflow and the education you already provide to your patients with prediabetes? These resources from Prevent Diabetes STAT, the American Diabetes Association and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases can be printed and/or added to your EHR to be used in your practice:

Looking for something specific? Contact your Quality Insights representative or visit the Quality Insights Resource Library for additional education options.

coming soon: diabetes expo

Join the Delaware Diabetes Coalition for their 18th annual Diabetes Wellness Expo on Tuesday, November 19. The event's purpose is to bring together healthcare providers, businesses, diabetes-related organizations and others to promote diabetes self-management and a healthier lifestyle for people with diabetes and prediabetes.

Download the expo flyer for more details.

online education: podcasts/webinars

On-Demand CME: Bi-Directional Referrals to the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP)

Watch the 2019 recording of this American Medical Association (AMA) presentation that summarizes key learnings on how to implement a bi-directional exchange of information between healthcare systems and CDC-recognized organizations delivering the National DPP lifestyle change program.

Representatives from the AMA describe the key components of prediabetes screening, testing and referral; review technological solutions to help identify patients with prediabetes and refer them to CDC-recognized organizations; and outline recommendations and emerging best practices for healthcare organizations with different levels of health information technology (HIT) sophistication.

contact information

For more details about the Improving Hypertension and Diabetes Care & Prevention project, please contact Ashley Biscardi, Sarah Toborowski, and Danielle Nugent.

This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number NU58DP2018006563 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Publication number: DEDPH-HD-102519