Implementing a Diabetes Registry in Family Practice Offices

Online CME Video Lecture Activity

posted 11.10.09

Educational Objectives

After completing in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to:

1. Describe the elements of the Chronic Care Model.
2. Give 3 examples of how to use a diabetes registry to implement one or more elements of the Chronic Care Model.
3. Explain how implementing the Chronic Care Model in their practice will improve control of risk factors for diabetes complications: glucose, blood pressure and lipids.

Target Audience and Method of Participation

This activity is designed for physicians and other health professionals with an interest in the management of diabetes, the Chronic Care Model, and participating in a diabetes registry.

This activity is a one hour video lecture with a slide presentation recorded at the 2009 C. Frank Webber Lectureship on March 5, 2009. In order to receive credit for this online activity, participants are required to view the activity and complete an evaluation survey at the end of the activity to verify participation. Upon completion of the activity and evaluation survey, participants will be able to print out a certificate of participation.

Speaker Information

Michael Parchman, M.D.
Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
San Antonio, Texas

Accreditation and Designation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Texas Academy of Family Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Release Date: December 1, 2009
Expiration Date: December 1, 2010

Disclosures

In accordance with the ACCME, the Texas Academy of Family Physicians requires that any person who is in a position to control the content of a CME activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with a commercial interest.

Accordingly: Dr. Parchman has disclosed that he has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this topic.

The Texas Academy of Family Physicians’ staff that was involved in the development of this activity has no financial relationships with any commercial interests that are relevant to this activity.

To resolve identified conflicts of interest, the educational content was fully peer-reviewed by a physician member of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Content Review Committee who has nothing to disclose. The resulting certified activity was found to provide educational content that is current, evidence-based, and commercially balanced.

Disclosure of Unlabeled or Investigational Drugs

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the speaker. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.

Disclaimer

The material presented in all activities is offered solely for educational purposes. The Texas Academy of Family Physicians disclaims any and all claims that may result from use of information presented in this activity. Material contained herein may be graphic but is intended for clinical use.

It is the policy of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians that all CME planning committee members and Texas Academy of Family Physicians staff disclose relationships with commercial entities. Disclosure documents are reviewed for potential conflicts of interest and if conflicts are identified they are resolved prior to confirmation of participation. Only those participants who have no conflict of interest or who agree to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity.

Supporter Disclosure

This CME activity is supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Physicians Foundation. It has been planned and produced by TAFP strictly as a non-promotional continuing medical education activity.