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Diabetes Collective Impact Initiative looking to improve diabetes care of patients in Portland
On October 18th 2017, Providence St. Joseph Health launched the Providence Diabetes Collective Impact Initiative at three Portland-area clinics, an initiative designed to improve care of patients with chronic disease.
Health care barriers such as lack of access to medical care, poor quality of care, employment instability, insufficient food, insufficient transportation, insufficient housing, and other resources for healthy living are likely to improve for vulnerable Portland patients with diabetes. Bringing together Providence Medical Groups at Gateway, Milwaukie, and Tanasbourne, the Providence Diabetes Collective Impact Initiative (PDCII) plans to address these barriers and make it easier for patients to access social services concurrently with receiving expert care. These interventions include: equipping primary care physicians to screen for needs such as food, housing, and transportation to increase referrals to the social service agency, providing patient-centered care management for higher risk patients, providing multilingual, in-person education, and offering support groups, among many other interventions.
Rhonda Medows, M.D., Providence St. Joseph Health executive vice president of population health says, “Chronic health conditions such as type 2 diabetes can be successfully managed, and we’re committed to providing underserved communities with the care and the help they need to do that. We know how important it is to use our resources and our experience working in different communities to reduce health disparities and treat conditions such as diabetes that can be prevented and effectively managed.”

For more information on the PDCII, check out the official Providence Heath & Services posting:
http://www.providence.org/about/news/2017/10/providence-st-joseph-health-to-improve-diabetes-care-in-portland



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