Russo, Giuseppina T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-3131
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De Cosmo, Salvatore
Viazzi, Francesca
Mirijello, Antonio
Ceriello, Antonio
Guida, Pietro
Giorda, Carlo
Cucinotta, Domenico
Pontremoli, Roberto
Fioretto, Paola
Article History
Received: 19 September 2017
Accepted: 25 January 2018
First Online: 2 February 2018
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: As previously reported, the Italian Association of Clinical Diabetologists (Associazione Medici Diabetologi, AMD) initiative and its clinical database were established to identify a set of indicators to be used for continuous quality improvement. The software for medical management of outpatients is the same among all centers. Patients’ data are linked together by a unique anonymous identifier that is encrypted to protect patients’ privacy. Clinical information collected from all centers can be anonymously extracted and centrally analyzed (AMD Data File). The results were internally approved by the AMD Annals Scientific Committee, as previously reported [CitationRef removed–CitationRef removed]. The Associazione Medici Diabetologi (AMD) IRB approved the use of the dataset for this study.
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