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Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
(Diabetic Foot Ulcer) are offloaded in RDFC and the evolution over time. RDFC receive their results after each audit for benchmarking (IQED-Foot project). Method: Comparison of offloading methods used in ...
Clinical action measures improve the reliability of feedback on quality of care in diabetes centres: a retrospective cohort study.
classical TM. METHODS: Data was used from 3421 diabetes patients treated in 95 centres, collected in two consecutive retrospective data collections. Patients met the TM when their index value was below ...
Core Standards of the EUBIROD Project. Defining a European Diabetes Data Dictionary for Clinical Audit and Healthcare Delivery.
Jarosz-Chobot, P K; Jecht, M; Lindblad, U; Moulton, T; Metelko, Ž; Nagy, A; Olympios, G; Pruna, S; Skeie, S; Storms, F; Di Iorio, C T; M Massi Benedetti Source: Methods Inf Med, Volume 55, Issue 2, p.166-76 (2016) ...
Low prevalence of previous lower limb revascularisation in patients with diabetes and acute Charcot foot: results from a case-control study.
revascularisation (LLR), as a marker of peripheral macroangiopathy, in patients with diabetes and Charcot foot. Methods: Patients with diabetes and incident acute Charcot foot, but without a history of diabetic foot ...
Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort
periodical audits and feedback (anonymous benchmarking). [1] Methods: In 2011, 32 Belgian DFC s followed 1528 patients with a DFU of Wagner grade 2 or more for six months or until healing, major amputation or ...
Implementation of a quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics: feasibility and initial results.
METHODS: Using self-developed software and questionnaires, diabetic foot clinics collected data in 2005, 2008 and 2011, covering characteristics, history and ulcer severity, management and outcome of the ...