The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released a toolkit for obesity management, Disease Management: Obesity in Adults.
The tool is intended to empower physicians to discuss obesity management with their patients and includes a discussion of treatment options, as well as potential risks and benefits of weight loss, additional resources and a flowchart for obesity management adapted from the National Institutes of Health
Download the Toolkit on AAAHC’s website.
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The tool is intended to empower physicians to discuss obesity management with their patients and includes a discussion of treatment options, as well as potential risks and benefits of weight loss, additional resources and a flowchart for obesity management adapted from the National Institutes of Health
Download the Toolkit on AAAHC’s website.
More articles on accreditation:
AAAHC releases obesity management patient safety toolkit
CMS quality reporting updates in 2015
Opioid policies under fire: 3 recent articles