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MUSC's Hospital
Diabetes Program was a winner of
the Association of American
Medical Colleges-sponsored
Readiness for Reform Health Care
Innovation Challenge. The award
was presented at the Council of
Teaching Hospitals luncheon Nov.
7, 2011 in Denver.
 Dr. Kathie
Hermayer, left, accepts the
Readiness for Reform Health Care
Innovation Challenge award from
Dr. Joanne Conroy.
Joanne Conroy,
M.D., the chief health care
officer for the association, gave
the award to Kathie Hermayer,
M.D., who was representing MUSC at
the meeting. The co-authors for
the award were Patrick J. Cawley,
M.D., Hermayer, Pamela Arnold,
R.N., Mary-Eliese Merrill, R.N.,
and Louis Luttrell, M.D.
Overall, there
were three institutional winners
for the award: University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine,
Arizona Health Sciences Center and
MUSC. All three winners received a
check for $5,000 to further
transform health care and the
practices among academic medical
centers. Additionally, University
of Washington and the Children's
Hospital of Wisconsin at the
Medical College of Wisconsin were
given honorable mentions.
A further
review of the three winners'
proposals can be found at https://www.aamc.org/icollaborative/.
According to
Hermayer, diabetes affects 25.8
million people in the United
States and another 79 million
Americans are estimated to have
pre-diabetes. Approximately 20
percent of inpatients at MUSC have
a diagnosis of diabetes.
"On a daily
basis at MUSC, approximately 130
to 150 patients have a diagnosis
of diabetes," said Hermayer. "In
response to these steadily
increasing numbers, MUSC started
an interdisciplinary program
focusing on diabetes in 2003. The
program consists of the Hospital
Diabetes Task Force and the
Diabetes Management Service."
The program has received Joint
Commission Advanced Inpatient
Diabetes Certification for
Inpatient Diabetes Care.
"MUSC has demonstrated compliance
with national standards and
performance measurement tools to
control costs and enhance
productivity. These actions
indicate that MUSC has the
critical elements to attain
success in the delivery of care to
patients with diabetes," Hermayer
said.
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