The Diabetes Group Visit Project Workgroup seeks to reduce the morbidity and mortality experienced by Genesee County residents who have diabetes or another chronic disease while improving their quality of life with regards to their medical condition. The Workgroup promotes the utilization of clinical best practices such as the group visit model of care and chronic disease registries as strategies to improve patient education, access to care, disease self-management, and patient outcomes as well as to lower the costs of care and increase provider productivity.
The Workgroup has created a variety of resources to assist healthcare providers in implementing group visits with an emphasis on the treatment of diabetes and obesity. The Workgroup has also designed a HIPAA-compliant web-based diabetes registry that is available at no-cost to Genesee County providers.