Congratulations to GRC staff members Dushka Crane and Allison Lorenz!
Crane and Lorenz are coauthors with the Ohio Department of Health on "The Ohio Gestational Diabetes Postpartum Care Learning Collaborative: Development of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Systems of Care for Women." The objective is to improve clinical practice and increase postpartum visit Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) screening rates in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) affects an estimated 3 to 9 percent of all pregnancies in Ohio per year, which means about 13,000 moms-to-be will be diagnosed with GDM in 2016. The Ohio GDM Postpartum Care Learning Collaborative works with providers and moms-to-be to improve prenatal education related to GDM and postpartum visit and screening rates for type 2 diabetes.
GDM is diagnosed during pregnancy and occurs when a mom-to-be has high blood sugar. Many women who are diagnosed with GDM when they are pregnant go on to get type 2 diabetes later in life.
Dr. Dushka Crane conducts research and leads quality improvement programs for government sponsored health agencies focusing on maternal and child health and behavioral health at GRC.
Allison Lorenz, MPA, is responsible for providing program oversight and quality improvement (QI) expertise to multiple maternal and child health projects at GRC. Her work includes designing, developing, testing, sustaining, scaling and disseminating effective evidence-based interventions in Ohio’s healthcare delivery system in collaboration with colleges, universities and project sponsors.