Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, AMA partner on patient registry

DETROIT — Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA), is piloting a patient registry that could become a national model for enrolling patients with prediabetes into evidence-based diabetes prevention programs and reducing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Henry Ford Macomb, part of the Henry Ford Health System, is currently evaluating the registry for its effectiveness for screening, testing and referring patients diagnosed with prediabetes to a diabetes prevention program. The hospital developed specific clinical protocols before creating the registry using tools available in its Epic electronic medical record.