Chronic Disease Management
Diabetes Care Management: The Right Way-Part 1
Available On Demand: Webinar Recording and Slides
ABOUT
This webinar will review how to build a collaborative model where nurse care managers, payer partners, community health workers/providers/patient navigators, or pharmacy staff connect to manage patients with diabetes. The information from this webinar will help health centers build relationships with their patients to have a positive care management and care coordination experience since care management is used to improve patient care, quality, and health outcomes. The Patient-Centered Medical Model sets expectations that healthcare organizations use care management to help patients develop and meet treatment plan goals.
PRESENTERS
Christina Mister
MS, BSN, RN
Senior Advisor, Clinical Operations
Christina Mister is a dedicated healthcare nurse leader in community, hospital, health insurance, and regulatory settings, focusing on quality improvement. Beyond nursing management, she has experience in case and program management, payer quality programs, regulatory
compliance, and nursing education.
As a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) nurse consultant, Christina has provided accreditation oversight to Medicare’s acute care programs and served as the program lead for Diabetes Self-Management Training and Home Infusion Therapy programs. Additionally, she co-led providing clinical support for rural health and federally qualified health center programs.
Christina has vast experience in health center operations, care management, budgeting, nursing management, and medical assistant supervision.
Tawonna Melton
MSN, RN
Clinical Services Advisor
Tawonna Melton is a registered nurse with over 15 years of experience. She earned her BSN from Coppin State University in 2006 and obtained her MSN with a concentration in Education from Walden University in 2010.
Tawonna’s experience includes case management, med-surgical, peritoneal dialysis, endoscopy, education, and leadership. She is currently in a nurse care manager role where she is able to promote health, quality of care and cost-effective outcomes through collaboration, coordination and education to populations in inner city Baltimore. Tawonna desires to make an impact in healthcare through quality improvement and improving outcomes.
Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo
MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, BlueNovo
Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo serves as Chief Medical Officer for BlueNovo. Dr. Izquierdo’s professional career is focused on the intersection of health policy, public health, and healthcare technology to design systems for delivery of high quality, patient-centered healthcare. She is a trained Internist and Geriatrician and has extensive experience training and supporting healthcare technology and quality improvement projects. Prior to joining BlueNovo, Anna Maria held positions as a hospitalist with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Kaiser Permanente and Medical Director for a community health center in Washington DC. Anna Maria holds an MD from the School of Medicine of Universitat de Barcelona and a PhD in Medicine from the School of Medicine of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Anna Maria is a well cited and published researcher and has completed post-graduate training in Franklin Square Hospital Center in Maryland as well as the University of Maryland Medical System. Anna Maria currently supports Franklin Square’s research curriculum and has developed an evidence-based introduction to the principles of quality improvement. She is also currently the Co-Chair of the Latino Health Initiative’s Steering Committee.
This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,499,661 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.