Diabetes Standards

Across the region, our partner health systems have agreed to measure and report to the public about how well they met nationally accepted standards for diabetes care and outcomes.

Diabetes Outcomes

Our Diabetes Outcomes standards describe how well patients and their physicians (working together) did at meeting goals for controlling blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, weight and smoking.  Overall, we report on the percentage of patients who meet at least 4 of the 5 individual key indicators of good diabetes control described below.

Hover over the coins to learn more about our five diabetes outcome standards.

Across our partner practices in 2009-10, just over four out of ten patients met our overall outcomes standard, which requires that a patient be in good control of at least four out of five important indicators of their health – their blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, weight and not smoking.

Diabetes Care (sometimes called Care Processes)

Our Care standards describe how well physicians and other health providers do at getting needed care (tests, examinations and vaccinations) for their patients.  Overall, we report the percentage of patients that received all four of the important elements of diabetes care described below.

Hover over the coins to learn more about our four diabetes care standards.

In 2009-10, across our partner practices, nearly half (47%) of our patients met our overall diabetes care standard, which requires that the patient’s health care providers complete appropriate blood sugar testing, kidney management, eye examination and vaccination against pneumonia.