DISCO: Diabetes Screening and Care Wraparound Study
PI: Christina Mangurian
Collaborators: Julie Schmittdiel, Dean Schillinger, Eric Vittinghoff, Susan Essock, John Newcomer, Sara Adams, Constance Weisner
Health Delivery System Partner: Kaiser Permanente Northern California

The DISCO project aims to examine diabetes screening and care received by a racially and ethnically diverse, insured population with severe mental illness served within an integrated health care delivery system. Because of the integrated electronic health record, this is the largest study to be able to examine diabetes screening, prevalence, and management among a diverse population with severe mental illness. The goal of the DISCO project is to identify patient-, provider-, and system-level targets for future interventions to close this large diabetes screening and care gap among racial/ethnic minorities with severe mental illness.

The DISCO study is funded by the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R03 DK101857).