Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Improving Diabetes Care in Communities (continued)

• Initiative Goals:
  • Improve prevention and care for diabetes
  • Reduce costs of avoidable complications
  • Involve health care purchasers in community level initiatives
  • Explore and develop ways AHRQ can assist local groups in this work
• Pilot Sites:
  • Baltimore/DC—MidAtlantic Business Group on Health
  • Detroit—Greater Detroit Area Health Council
  • Memphis—Memphis Business Group on Health