DSC - IMDH Task Force

Intensive Management of Diabetes in the Hospital (IMDH)
Task Force and Steering Committee

Mission:

to initiate implementation of a statewide program of inpatient glycemic management and metabolic control to reduce patient mortality, morbidity, length of hospitalization and cost of care.

Objectives:

to involve a core group of program champions from interested hospitals inmaking changes to improve inpatient diabetic care through glycemic management
to act as liaisons with participating hospitals to promote the organization of a multicisciplinary diabetes team committed to improving glycemic control
to develop a comprehensive outline for the education, care, treatment and accountability associated with achieving intensive glycemic management within the hospital
to collaborate with the Surveillance Council of the Diabetes Initiative of South Carolina to evaluate outcomes and assess trends resulting from implementing intensified glycemic therapy
to seek financial support for education and research related to the implementation of intensive glycemic management protocols

Major accomplishments in 2006:

Intensive Management of Diabetes in the Hospital (IMDH) Task Force Members
Member	Representing
Edwin D. Bransome, Jr, MD	Chair, IMDH Task Force
Pamela C. Arnold, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE	Chair, Diabetes Center of Excellence Clinical Director, MUSC Diabetes Center
John Bruch, MD	Greenville Hospital System
Patrick J. Cawley, MD	Medical University of South Carolina
John A. Colwell, MD, PhD	Ex-Officio Medical University of South Carolina
David R. Garr, MD	SC AHEC
Gene Dickerson, MD	Internal Medicine Carolina Diabetes and Kidney Center, Sumter
Nelson Gunter, MD	The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence
Sue Haddock, RN, PhD, CNAA	Chair, IMDH Steering Committee WJB Dorn VA Medical Center
Daniel Lackland, DrPH	Chair, Surveillance Council Medical University of South Carolina
Usah Lilavivat, MD	Internal Medicine Tuomey Hospital, Sumter
Ronald Mayfield, MD	Endocrinology Spartanburg Regional Hospital System
William Price, MD	Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Spartanburg Regional Hospital System
Charles Raine, III, MD	Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Orangeburg
Ali Rizvi, MD	Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Richland Memorial
Kenneth Trogdon	Commun-I-Care

Intensive Management of Diabetes in the Hospital (IMDH) Steering Committee Members
Member	Representing
K. Sue Haddock, RN, PhD, CNAA	Chair IMDH Steering Committee
Pamela C. Arnold, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE	Chair, Diabetes Center of Excellence Clinical Director, MUSC Diabetes Center
Julie Benke-Bennett	Diabetes Center Administrative Assistant, MUSC
Elizabeth Todd Heckel, MSW	USC/DSC Site Columbia
Usah Lilavivat, MD	Internal Medicine Tuomey Hospital, Sumter
Ali Rizvi, MD	Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Richland Memorial
Sharm Steadman, PharmD	Companion, HMO

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