PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patrick M. Houck
AU  - Naga Nalini Tirumalasetty
AU  - Renee Y. Meadows
TI  - Insulin Administration and Meal Delivery Coordination for Hospitalized Patients
DP  - 2013 Sep 21
TA  - Ochsner Journal
PG  - 327--333
VI  - 13
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/13/3/327.short
4100  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/13/3/327.full
SO  - Ochsner J2013 Sep 21; 13
AB  - Background Through efforts to continuously improve the quality of care provided to hospitalized patients with diabetes by evaluation of adherence to standards and performance metrics, we identified an opportunity for improvement.Methods A plan-do-study-act cycle was initiated with the goal of enhancing patient satisfaction with the timing of blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration, and meal delivery in the hospital.Results Despite an educational intervention with the nursing staff, patient satisfaction with mealtime insulin administration decreased from 83% to 78%.Conclusion Education of frontline staff was not adequate to achieve our quality improvement goal.