Advancing Care Part 1: Managing Patients Living with Diabetes (On-Demand)
This two-part webinar series focuses on diabetes and hypertension, exploring the intersection of their disease pathology and performance improvement. This webinar reviews current evidence in diabetes management, provides operational recommendations for diabetes care, and reviews effective patient education and care management strategies to help individuals improve diabetes self-care and medication adherence.
The AAFP has reviewed this Strategies for Preventive Health and Chronic Disease in Maternal, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Adult Care training and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. The term of approval is for one year. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This live session is approved for 0.75 AAFP Elective credits. Elective credits are available for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and medical assistants. Attendance at the entire live training and the submission of a post-training evaluation are required to receive credit.
On-Demand training is not eligible for CMEs.
Presenters
Christina Clayton, MS, BSN, RN
Director, Clinical Services, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors
As a dedicated healthcare leader, Christina has over 13 years’ experience as a nurse leader in community, hospital, health insurance, and regulatory settings.
Christina has had a valuable impact on healthcare quality improvement. She has had positions in nursing leadership, nursing management, case management, payer quality programs, program management, regulatory compliance, and nursing education.
Prior to Renaye James, as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nurse consultant, Christina provided accreditation oversight to Medicare’s acute care programs. She served as the program lead for Diabetes Self-Management Training and Home Infusion Therapy accreditation programs. Additionally, she was the clinical support for Rural Health and Federally Qualified Health Center programs. Christina provided oversight to national accreditation organizations and provides direction in the development of education material for state surveyors for those programs. Additionally, she was responsible for collaborating with other federal agencies and national associations.
As a program manager for Johns Hopkins Healthcare, LLC, Christina aligned measurable program goals with organization’s mission, and utilized quality improvement strategies and measurement to implement changes the health plan’s programs. Christina has been instrumental in improving the health of the community; as a Program Manager, she collaborated with external stakeholders to improve health outcomes and decrease high utilization of members within the Complex Case Management and Disease Management Program.
As a Health Center Clinical Manager, she has vast experience in health center operations, care management, health center budgeting, nursing management, and medical assistant supervision.
Christina has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Coppin State University (Baltimore, Maryland) and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland).
Dwain E. Woode, MD
Owner and Medical Director, Diabetes and Endocrine Wellness Center and The Lighter Weigh
Dr. Woode is the owner and medical director of the Diabetes and Endocrine Wellness Center and The Lighter Weigh in Huntsville, Alabama. He is a graduate of Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, where he obtained his undergraduate degrees. He completed his training in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He completed his fellowship training in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. He lives in Huntsville with his wife Dr. Charmaine Woode, a weight loss physician, and their son Blake.