Events

Continuous Quality Improvement: Leading Standard 6 With Confidence

March 26, 2026 1:00 PM - March 26, 2026 2:00 PM

This webinar equips DSMES Quality Coordinators and program leaders to implement Continuous Quality Improvement in alignment with the National Standards for DSMES.

Description
Faculty
Disclosures
Accreditation

This webinar is FREE and open to DEAP Coordinators ONLY

Event Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Event Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST
Please Note: All times are Eastern. Our 60-minute webinars begin at 1:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Central / 11:00 am Mountain / 10:00 am Pacific.

Description

This workshop equips DSMES Quality Coordinators and program leaders to implement Continuous Quality Improvement in alignment with the National Standards for DSMES. Participants learn how to collect, track, and analyze behavioral and clinical outcome data, translate data into actionable CQI projects, and document progress using audit-ready practices. The session emphasizes practical data workflows, baseline and follow-up tracking, six-month review cycles, and clear alignment between outcomes, improvement goals, and DSMES services. Real-world examples, worksheets, and guided audit exercises support both initial accreditation and ongoing compliance.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Identify and collect at least one behavioral and one clinical or quality-of-life outcome using standardized DSMES data tracking methods.

2. Analyze baseline and follow-up data to define a measurable CQI aim aligned with DSMES services.

3. Develop audit-ready CQI documentation that demonstrates ongoing data review and improvement at a minimum of every six months.

Activity Type

This is a knowledge-based learning activity. This 60-minute online session includes a presentation followed by a question and answer period.

Learning Format

Live Activity

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for individual or groups of diabetes care and education specialists, including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physicians, PAs, and other health care providers interested in staying up to date on current practices of care for people with diabetes and other related conditions.

Kelley Moultry, MPH, MCHES

Chief Executive Officer

Jengu Health/ National Alliance DSMES Readiness

Montgomery, AL

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) requires anyone in a position to affect or control continuing education content (e.g., authors, presenters, and program planners) to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. It is the responsibility of ADCES to mitigate and disclose all relevant conflicts of interest.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of the presentation.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among education activity planners and faculty are as follows:

Speakers

Kelley Moultry, MPH, MCHES - has no relevant financial disclosures to report

Planner

TBD

The approval of this educational offering by the ADCES does not imply endorsement of specific therapies, treatments, or products discussed in the presentations.

Undertaking review of the educational activity to evaluate for potential bias, balance in presentation, evidence-based content or other indicators of integrity, and absence of bias.

Joint Providership

None

In support of improving patient care, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

	Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) The Universal Activity Number is TBD. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 1.0 contact hour(s). (Pharmacists). The Universal Activity Number is TBD. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 1.0 contact hour(s). (Pharmacy Technicians). This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor^®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor.
	American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hour(s). This activity discusses 0.0 contact hour(s) of pharmacotherapeutic content. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 1.0 contact hour(s).
	American Academy of PAs (AAPA) The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit(s). PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
	Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education unit(s) (CPEU) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU. RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.

Successful Completion

To receive a Statement of Credit and Lifestyle Coach Certificate, you must complete the ADCES DPP Lifestyle Coach course, participate in the Zoom sessions, do the assigned teach-back presentation, pass the post-test, and submit the required evaluation. Your Statement of Credit and Lifestyle Coach Certificate will be issued digitally in your learning portal upon submission of the evaluation.

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

To satisfy the requirements for renewal of certification for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers (www.cbdce.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers.

Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)

CBDCE is the administering body for the Advanced Diabetes Management credentials. Continuing education programs offered by ADCES can be used toward fulfilling BC-ADM Certification and recertification requirements.

Other Health Professionals

It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for re-licensure or recertification for their discipline.