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…
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…
DOWNLOAD SLIDES The CDC reports that 6 in 10 adults in the US have a chronic disease and 4 in 10 have two or more. With the prevalence of chronic diseases in mind, it’s no surprise that they are the leading driver for the nation’s $3.8 trillion in annual healthcare costs, and the diabetic population…