Recent Findings from Ohio State University Has Provided New Information about Diabetes (Equity-focused Evaluation of a Medicaid-funded Statewide Diabetes Quality Improvement Project Collaborative): Diabetes

2025 JAN 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Diabetes. According to news reporting out of Columbus, Ohio, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “To evaluate the Ohio Diabetes Quality Improvement Project (QIP) equity aim to reduce the percentage of Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Hispanic patients with A1C >9% by >= 20% over 2 years. The Ohio Department of Medicaid, Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Medicaid managed care plans, and seven medical schools in Ohio formed the Diabetes QIP collaborative using the collective impact model to improve diabetes outcomes and equity in 20 practices across 11 health systems.”

Funders for this research include Ohio Department of Medicaid’s General Revenue Funds, Ohio medical schools.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Ohio State University, “The quality improvement (QI) strategies included data audit and feedback, peer-to-peer learning, QI coaching/practice facilitation, and subject matter expert consultation through coaching calls, monthly webinars, and annual virtual learning sessions. Electronic health record data were collected for preintervention (2019-2020) and intervention (2020-2022) periods. Assessments of improvements in A1C were based on prevalence of A1C >9% from preintervention, year 1, and year 2 with stratification by race and ethnicity. The Diabetes QIP included 7,689 (54% female) sociodemographically diverse patients, self-identifying as non-Hispanic White (NHW) (42%), NHB (43%), Hispanic (8%), non-Hispanic Asian (4%), or other (3%). In year 2 compared with baseline, there were decreases in the proportion of patients with A1C >9% among NHW, NHB, and Hispanic patients (NHW from 19% to 12% [37% reduction], NHB 23% to 18% [22% reduction], and Hispanic 29% to 23% [20% reduction]). The Ohio Diabetes QIP, focused on multisector collaborative approaches, reduced the percentage of patients with A1C >9% by >= 20% among NHW, NHB, and Hispanic populations.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Given the persistence of disparities, further equity-focused refinements are warranted to address disparities in diabetes control.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Equity-focused Evaluation of a Medicaid-funded Statewide Diabetes Quality Improvement Project Collaborative. Diabetes Care, 2025;48(1). Diabetes Care can be contacted at: Amer Diabetes Assoc, 1701 N Beauregard St, Alexandria, VA 22311-1717, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Joshua J. Joseph, Ohio State University, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Additional authors for this research include Kathleen M. Dungan, Adam T. Perzynski, Douglas Einstadter, Thomas E. Love, Michael W. Konstan, Shari D. Bolen, Jordan Fiegl, Elizabeth A. Beverly, Douglas Spence, Katherine Jenkins, Allison Lorenz, Shah Jalal Uddin, Kelly McCutcheon Adams and Mary S. Applegate.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0025. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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