Urgent Care Doctor Wins National Diabetes Award

AURORA, Colo. — A physician of the Rocky Mountain Urgent Care and Family Medicine chain (of the Denver area), was recently honored with a national award called “Clinical Excellence in Diabetes for 2008” from the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA). The doctor is Dale Kliner, MD, PhD.

The NCQA partnered with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to develop the Diabetes Physicians Recognition Program (DPRP). According to the NCQA, this voluntary program is designed to recognize physicians who use evidence-based measures and provide excellent care to diabetic patients.

“Physicians who achieve DPRP recognition show their peers, patients and others in the diabetes community that they are part of an elite group that is publicly recognized for its skill in providing the highest-level diabetes care,” the NCQA stated on its Web site.  

Eligible physicians abstracted data from the charts of 25 diabetes patients and submitted the information to NCQA for review, the NCQA reported.

Dr. Kliner was awarded for clinical excellence in diabetes based on 10 measures that covered:

HbA1c control

Blood pressure control

LDL control

Eye examinations

Nephropathy assessment

Smoking status and cessation advice or treatment  

Rocky Mountain Urgent Care and Family Medicine is a network of medical offices that offer urgent care, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, physical therapy and nutritional weight loss.

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