April 26, 2024

Diabetes Distress Workgroup Meeting, 4/26/2024 

 

Attendees: Don Buckingham, Michelle Coulter, Jennifer Iyengar, Nicole Rioles, Alissa Roberts, Devin Steenkamp, Ryan Tweet, Heather Yardley 

 

 

BMC Adults 

• Struggling with flowsheet 
• Staffing challenges (3 MAs have left practice) 
• Need automation in flowsheet (manually putting into Epic) 

 

Seattle Children’s 

• Making auto-assignment for visit types for 12-13 year olds to include them in the screening (getting implemented hospital wide) 
• Challenges with parent protection laws (different rules for children who are 12-13 which are public to parents; 13+ are private) 

 

Michigan Adults 

• Showed content during meeting of workflow/flowsheet/documentation of DDS in practice 
• Provided overview of using Slicer Dicer to get gate 

 

Nationwide Children’s 

• Using Ipad in clinic- data is getting incorporated into Epic 

 

 

OHSU Oregon Adult 

• New patients – filling out in lobby 
• MA enters into flowsheet using a dot phrase; Scrores written into notes 
• Right click and assign screener before getting entered into flowsheets 
• Higher success with virtual visits 
• Interface looks similar to survey on website- entering into flowsheet 

 

 

Discussion topics: 

• Some discussion- questioning the value of PHQ. Group agreement that DDS is “more useful” 
• GAD and PHQ used because of USNWR 

Resources Shared: 

• https://diabetesdistress.org/learn-about-dd/ 
• https://diabetesdistress.org/access-dds/ 
• https://behavioraldiabetes.org/ 

Reminders: 

• Please track your distress screening monthly numbers in Smartsheet so that we can track process improvement  
• Everyone is strongly encouraged to document the tests of change you are implementing in your respective interventions 
• Next meeting: Friday May 24th from 12-1 pm (EST) 

 

Recorded call: T1DX-QI Diabetes Distress Working Group Meeting-20240426_123938-Meeting Recording.mp4