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Electric blankets sometimes carry warnings for people with diabetes. Diabetes can cause nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy). That can lead to a loss of feeling and an inability to tell if the blanket is too hot. To avoid burns, use the blanket to warm the bed but switch it off before you climb in.

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Checkup Report > Part Three: Diabetes Checkup Practice Reports > Results Across our EMR-Based Partner Practices > Results by Practice: Summary Outcome and Process Standards

Results by Practice: Summary Outcome and Process Standards

Figure 13a summarizes the results for each of 30 partner practices that use EMRs to measure, report and improve achievement on their patients with diabetes. Collectively, these 30 practices report on 23,461 patients. For each practice, the plots describe the percentage of each practice’s adults with diabetes who meet Better Health Greater Cleveland’s Summary Outcome Standard (left), which is met when a patient achieves at least four of the five standards for good diabetes control; and our Summary Process Standard (right), which is met when a patient has satisfied all four standards of good care processes. The regional average for each Summary Standard is identified at the top and bottom of each chart: 38% for Outcomes; 46% for Processes. Stars indicate practices falling approximately within the top 10% (top decile) of the region’s EMR practices on each Summary Standard.