News

In this section we will try to provide news about the Sammamish Diabetes and Lipid Clinic, and about the Micropractice movement.

Top Stories

• Seattle Times Article Thursday August 6, 2007, on SDLC
  Erik Lacitis, Seattle Times Staff Reporter,  spent a couple of hours at the office last week to gather information on the Micropractice trend. 
  His article was quite upbeat and favorable.  He also quotes Gwen Hanson, MD, from Bellevue, and Gordon Moore, MD.  Here is the article:  Doctors find going solo painless.

 

• August 2011 Seattle Met Magazine named Doctor Stewart as a Top Doctor in the Seattle area.  Seattle Met Vanity Ad

Sammamish Diabetes and Lipid Clinic Gets  Additional Recognition

At its annual meeting August 23, 2012, the  Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) announced that Sammamish Diabetes and Lipid Clinic received for the fourth year in a row a "Best Practice" award, signifying excellence in patient care across a broad spectrum of clinical conditions.  PPRNet is a national primary care practice-based research and quality improvement organization, headquartered at the Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, located in Charleston, SC.  Participating practices pool anonymous clinical data for research and quality improvement activities.  PPRNet is conducts studies designed to accelerate translation of evidence-based medical guidelines into practices across the country.  These guidelines are for prevention of heart disease and stroke, diabetes mellitus, cancer screening, immunizations, respiratory disease, mental health and substance abuse, nutrition and obesity, and safe drug prescribing.

Currently, PPRNet has 224 medical practices, representing over 1,219 health care providers and about 2 million patients located in 44 states. In its 16 year history, PPRNet has published over 48 peer-reviewed articles.   To receive a Best Practice award, Sammamish Diabetes and Lipid Clinic scored in the top 10% of PPRNet  practices. 

Additionally, Dr. Stewart was named a "Top Doctor" in the August 2011 issue of the Seattle Met Magazine, and again in 2012.   The doctors recognized in this issue were rated by Avvo, a national physician rating service, to be in the top 5% of their field.  As of December, 2011, Dr. Stewart had the highest Avvo rating of any Family Medicine physician in the Sammamish, Issaquah, Redmond, and Bellevue areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Flashes:

• 11/21/2011:  Dr. Stewart returns from a 3 week trip to Africa.  He visited South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana.
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