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Donna Rice

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Use of an assessment tool to enhance diabetes educators' ability to identify erectile dysfunction.

An assessment tool to identify erectile dysfunction is useful to diabetes educators in recognizing patients with sexual dysfunction requiring further counseling, education, and treatment. Use of an assessment tool serves as a first step in creating dialogue between diabetes educators and patients living with undiagnosed erectile dysfunction. The assessment tool helps identify underlying causes of erectile dysfunction, its impact on psychological well-being, and identification of treatment and referral needs. The purpose of this article is to discuss the value of assessing erectile dysfunction as a component of comprehensive diabetes care. An example of an erectile dysfunction assessment tool developed in 1991 is presented.

Diabetes Mellitus↗
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Tools, technologies, and informatics: supporting glycemic control.

OBJECTIVE: To overcome the challenges involved in the adoption and implementation of standards of glycemic control in the inpatient setting. METHODS: Three major barriers to effective glycemic control are examined, and solutions are discussed. RESULTS: The diabetes care process occurs at several levels of the hospital system, including the community level. Each level must be considered when solutions for glycemic control are determined and implementation planned. Workflow coordination is another challenge; it addresses the end users who provide patient care and use information support. Informatics, or the application of information technology to healthcare, can facilitate system-level and workflow integration efforts to improve glycemic control. CONCLUSION: Glycemic control can be achieved through coordinated and facilitated efforts at each level of the hospital system--individual, unit, and hospital-wide. Multidisciplinary team coordination, workflow integration, effective information sharing, and communication are required.

Hospital Information Systems↗