Improving Patient and Worker Safety

Riehle, Annette; Braun, Barbara I.; Hafiz, Hasina

doi:10.1097/ncq.0b013e3182849f4a

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“…43,44 SBAR is user-friendly across specialties and allows providers to include as much pertinent clinical information as needed. SBAR exchanges can be done via verbal, written, or EMR-based communication, and should preferably allow for questions and closed loop communication.…”

Section: ) Using Sbar To Execute Effective Hand-off Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimizing postpartum care for the patient with gestational diabetes mellitus

Martinez

Niznik

Yee

2017

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) poses well-established risks to both the mother and infant. As over 50% of women with GDM will develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in their lifetime, performing postpartum oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) is paramount to initiation of appropriate lifestyle interventions and pharmacologic therapy. Nonetheless, test completion among women with GDM is estimated to be <50%, with particularly low rates in Latina patients, as well as patients with public insurance, low education levels, and low health literacy. Data suggest our current health services infrastructure loses patients in the postpartum gap between pregnancy-focused care and primary care. As previous studies have demonstrated strategies to promote OGTT completion for T2DM prevention, hereto is a proposal of best practices including 1) enhanced patient support for identifying long-term health care providers 2) patient-centered medical home utilization when possible 3) patient and provider test reminders, and 4) formalized obstetrician-primary care provider hand-offs using the “SBAR” (Situation Background Assessment Recommendation) mnemonic. These strategies deserve future investigation to solidify a multi-level approach for identifying and preventing the continuum of diabetes.

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Section: ) Using Sbar To Execute Effective Hand-off Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%