Quality Measurement in Diabetes Care
| Autor: | Neil I. Goldfarb, Bettina Berman, Brian F Leas, David B. Nash, Albert G. Crawford, Kathryn M. Kash, Richard W. Toner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adult
Male Adolescent Leadership and Management media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Blood Pressure Harmonization Population health Young Adult United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Environmental health Diabetes Mellitus Health Status Indicators Humans Medicine Quality (business) Aged Quality of Health Care media_common Glycated Hemoglobin business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Quality measurement Middle Aged Lipid Metabolism Health Surveys Lipids United States Key informants Female Public Health business |
| Zdroj: | Population Health Management. 12:265-271 |
| ISSN: | 1942-7905 1942-7891 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/pop.2009.0049 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to evaluate diabetes quality measurement efforts, assess their strengths and areas for improvement, and identify gaps not adequately addressed by these measures. We conducted an environmental scan of diabetes quality measures, focusing on metrics included in the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse or promulgated by leading measurement organizations. Key informant interviews were also completed with thought leaders who develop, promote, and use quality measures. The environmental scan identified 146 distinct measures spanning 31 clinical processes or outcomes. This suggests a measurement system that is both redundant and inconsistent, with many different measures assessing the same clinical indicators. Interviewees believe that current diabetes measurement efforts are excessively broad and complex and expressed a need for better harmonization of these measures. Several gaps were also found, including a lack of measures focusing on population health, structural elements of health care, and prevention of diabetes. |
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