(P114) Lessons Learned While Taking Care of Our Patients, Each Other, and Ourselves During COVID-19

Friday, August 12, 2022

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Has Audio

Primary Presenter(s)

Charla E. Amos, MSN, RN, CDCES

Inpatient Diabetes Educator
Methodist Healthcare System - Methodist Charlton Medical Center
DeSoto, Texas, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

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Pat Bailey-Gray, BSN, RN, CDCES

Pat Bailey-Gray, BSN, RN, CDCES – Inpatient Diabetes Educator Methodist Mansfield
Methodist Healthcare System - Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, United States
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Jyosna Balakrishnan, MSN, RDN, LD, CDCES

Diabetes Educator
Methodist Healthcare System - Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Richardson, Texas, United States
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Stefanie Henley, PharmD, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Erika Perkins-Groth, Clinical 2 Analyst

System Support Analyst Clinical 2/Epic Business Intelligence Developer
Methodist Health Systems
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Victoria Oliver, MCN, RD, LD

Supervisor for Food Services at Methodist Midlothian
Methodist Midlothian Medical Centere
Midlothian, Texas, United States
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Shiny Mathew, MPH, RN

Nurse Health Educator
Golden Cross Academic Clinic - Methodist Health System
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Sherry Hachtel, RN, BS, CDCES

Inpatient Diabetes Educator
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States

This poster showcases how the Methodist Hospital System (MHS) Diabetes Council multidisciplinary team (Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists, Informatics, Hospitalists, PCPs, Social Workers) overcame the challenges of Covid-19. With one experienced facility CDCES, there was a need to build infrastructure to support new DCES. This council instigated the ADA 2022 standards of care via new order sets, provided education and designed a MHS “Living and Thriving with Diabetes” book, empowering bedside nurses to provide diabetes education. The council worked with EPIC builders to develop a Diabetes Readmission Rate reporting tool, a Glycemic Occurrences Dashboard, and an eCOMs report for Hospital Harm for Severe Hypoglycemia and Severe Hyperglycemia. The council holds a weekly meeting for case discussions and our bimonthly educational meeting supports the team’s self-care practices.