Clinical Trial: ED Diabetes Screening and Outpatient Care
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Diabetes Mellitus
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Identifying Risk Factors for Poor Glycemic Control Among Emergency Department Patients and Improving Linkage to Outpatient Care
Brief Summary:
This goal of this NIH funded R01 study is to identify risk factors for not being able to follow-up for a new diagnosis of diabetes in the emergency department and improve linkage of these newly diagnosed patients to appropriate outpatient care.Its three aims will be accomplished through 1) a retrospective chart review of emergency department (ED) patients screened for diabetes, 2) a series of prospective qualitative interviews among ED patients with newly diagnosed diabetes who fail to follow-up for outpatient…
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