Neighborhood built and food environment in relation to glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes in the moving to health study.

Objective: To examine whether built environment and food metrics are associated with glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: We included 14,985 patients with type 2 diabetes using electronic health records from Kaiser Permanente Washington. Patient addresses were geocoded with ArcGIS using King County and Esri reference data.

A study protocol to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the Clinical Nurse Leader Care Model in improving quality and safety outcomes.

Aims: Patients are harmed or die every year because of unsafe, inappropriate or inadequate healthcare delivery. Registered Nurses are a recognized patient safety strategy. However, variability in research findings indicate the relationship is not as simple as "more nurses=better outcomes.