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In interviews and focus groups across the state, primary care practices said that managing diabetes patients constituted 25% to 35% of their caseload. Given the acceleration in numbers of new cases, that trend will only increase. The annual cost of diabetes in Kansas is $1.5 billion, and incidence has increased by 60% over the past 15 years.
Practices, especially those in rural areas, face combined challenges of growing patient load and a shortage of time and staff. In fact, time is the number one issue expressed by primary care providers in dealing with their diabetes patients—not enough time during office visits to provide in-depth patient consultation. Following closely were concerns about patients who do not or cannot adhere to provider recommendations; patients who cannot afford their medications and glucose-monitoring devices; patients who resist making lifestyle changes in diet and exercise; too little emphasis on prevention; concerns about when to start insulin; and diabetes information overload.
Given these realities, new and innovative approaches are necessary to provide optimum care in managing diabetes patients and still function within the realities of growing demand and shrinking resources.
This course focuses on practical and easily implemented strategies communicated to you by colleagues from practices in northwest Kansas.
Work sessions will allow participants to evaluate current practices and determine how to implement new approaches to managing their diabetes patients.
The goal of this conference is to provide participants with new information, strategies and techniques that can be implemented into their practices. Sessions will include case-based, interactive learning, including the use of audience response systems. Use of the audience response system increases knowledge retention by 40% at three weeks post-educational activity.
Improving Diabetes Care in Kansas is a one-day opportunity to kick back and retool your ideas about the treatment of diabetes. The conference will use a unique format to allow participants to "picture" the care of the diabetic patient in the office setting and beyond. There will be a discussion of topics ranging from prevention to diabetic complications. Successful programs will demonstrate their procedures , and there will be an actual blueprint to allow you to convert ideas into actions.
Come join us in constructing a blueprint for the office treatment of diabetes for the 21st Century!
James Early, M.D.
Financial contributions and supporters of this program will be acknowledged in print at the symposium.
Registration is $75 in advance or $100 at the door. To register for this conference, call the KU Medical Center AHEC Northwest at (785) 628-6319, or e-mail jinlow@kumc.edu.
The museum is easily accessed from I-70 or Highway 183. From I-70, take exit 159, turn south to 27th Street. Turn east and continue for one mile to Sternberg Drive. The museum is the giant dome building next to the interstate.
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Registration is $75 in advance or $100 at the door. To register for this conference, call the KU Medical Center AHEC Northwest at (785) 628-6319, or e-mail jinlow@kumc.edu.
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