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"Generally, patients see their physicians once every three months. But the decisions they make on a daily basis – what they eat, whether they exercise, medications they take and monitoring their blood sugars – are going to determine whether their diabetes is kept in good control."

‒ Denise Kaiser
Registered Dietician

Did You Know?

20% of patients with diabetes don't properly monitor their blood sugar levels. On day-to-day basis, high levels can cause tiredness, blurred vision and cause more frequent illness -- and increase the risk of serious complications.

 

For Health Professionals

Measuring care and outcomes is becoming a leading strategy to address variation.  

At Better Health Greater Cleveland:

  • Physicians collaborate to adopt measures that are nationally endorsed and locally vetted.
  • Aggregated data comes directly from electronic medical records or charts that are randomly sampled.
  • Measures challenge physicians and their patients to improve.
  • Public reporting highlights achievement and encourages practices to share successes so others may learn.
  • Our June 2009 report recognizes improvement over time.

We believe that measuring care and outcomes is the first step toward improving them. Measurement permits physicians to assess their effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve. Similarly, publicly reporting our progress is an important first step to helping patients understand the role they must play in their health. That's why measurement is just one part of a comprehensive initiative that includes strategies to educate and activate patients and learning opportunities for physicians and other health professionals.  

Read prior Community Health Checkup reports:

To learn how and why Better Health Greater Cleveland prepared these reports, see our Frequently Asked Questions.
Get tools to describe Diabetes Quality Care Goals, suitable for use with patients from our partners at


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