Diabetes care quality measures must be improved, study finds

July 22, 2022Garrett Schmittchronic disease, diabetes, diabetes care, diabetes management, quality measures

Existing diabetes quality metrics do not currently help patients improve their health and diabetes quality measurement must be improved through the adoption of new measures and modernization, according to a June report published in Health Affairs. Current quality measures do not safeguard against inappropriate treatment or overtreatment and in fact incentivize providers to focus on…

RECORDED WEBINAR: How Diagnostic Telemedicine Solutions Improve Eye Care Results Within The Diabetes Population

November 10, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsdiabetes, diabetes care, diabetes management, diabetic retinopathy, diagnostic telemedicine, diagnostics, ey care, eye-care, point-of-care testing, retinopathy, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Webinar

Download Slides In the year 2000, there were an estimated 20 million patients with diabetes. Today that number is around 30 million*. Unfortunately, a serious complication that affects this population’s eye care is not often discussed: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). In fact, DR is the number one cause of vision loss among people with diabetes but…

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