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Improving Diabetes-Related Retinopathy Screening and Documentation in Youth With Diabetes

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Quality Improvement Success Stories are published by the American Diabetes Association in collaboration with the American College of Physicians and the National Diabetes Education Program. This series is intended to highlight best practices and strategies from programs and clinics that have successfully improved the quality of care for people with diabetes or related conditions. Each article in the series is reviewed and follows a standard format developed by the editors of Clinical Diabetes. The following article describes an effort to improve diabetes-related retinopathy screening and documentation rates in eligible youth seen at an academic pediatric diabetes clinic in San Francisco, CA.

Source: Clinical Diabetes

DOI: 10.2337/cd24-0109

Authors: Fatema S. Abdulhussein, Isabella Niu, Tina Y. Hu, Barbara Liepman, Jenise C. Wong

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: Diabetes Management and Research

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, University of California, San Francisco, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases