For eClinicalWorks Users: eCW Diabetes Prevention and Management

Presenter: Monisha Alummoottil, Practice Facilitator

About This Event

This training will review the importance of diabetes prevention and management, including identifying and addressing prediabetes, diabetes screening, and evidence-based diabetes management strategies. Participants will learn how to organize diabetes ICD-10 diagnosis groupings, manage patients with poor diabetes control (e.g., A1c> 9%), and use population health and panel management approaches to identify care gaps and support high-risk patients. The training will also cover chronic kidney disease (CKD) screening in patients with diabetes, including the importance of annual screening, National Kidney Foundation guidelines, CKD laboratory ordering and tracking, patient education, patient lists, and referral workflows. In addition, participants will review diabetic retinopathy screening guidelines, the importance of annual eye exams, how to create retinopathy screening procedures, referral tracking and follow-up processes, and patient education strategies to support the timely completion of screenings.

What You’ll Learn

Participants will explore eCW through the following key topics:

• Importance of Diabetes Prevention and Management
• Prediabetes
• Diabetes Screening
• Diabetes Management
  • Diabetes ICD Group Set Up
  • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Screenings
    • Importance of yearly CKD screenings in patients with diabetes
    • National Kidney Foundation (NKF) CKD screening guidelines
    • CKD Labs (interface, ordering, and tracking)
    • CKD Patient Education
    • CKD Patient Lists
    • CKD Referrals
  • Retinopathy Screening
    • Importance of yearly retinopathy screening for patients with diabetes
    • Retinopathy screening guidelines
    • Creating a retinopathy screening procedure
    • Retinopathy screening referrals (ordering, tracking, and closing the loop)
    • Retinopathy screening patient education
  • Diabetes A1c Poor Control (A1c > 9%)
  • Population Health Management
  • Panel Management

Who Should Attend

This training is ideal for medical practice staff and leaders who use or support eClinicalWorks, including:

• Primary care clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants)
• Nurses and care managers
• Medical assistants
• Pharmacists and behavioral health staff
• Quality improvement and population health staff
• Practice office managers and administrators

Participants are expected to have a foundational understanding of eClinicalWorks and be actively engaged in documentation, care planning, chronic disease management, or workflow optimization.