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Percentage of patients with diabetes receiving optimal care
(meeting all five goals)
Timeframe
HealthEast data in the graph above shows care delivered from January 2009 through December 2009. The Minnesota average comes from the most current publicly reported data through MN Community Measurement and reflects care delivered in 2009.
What the graph is saying
For this measure, higher percentages are better. The graph above shows that overall, HealthEast Clinics are performing better than the Minnesota average.
You can compare performance of clinics across the state with the 2010 Health Care Quality Report, on the MN Community Measurement web site.
Individual clinic scores
HealthEast data in the table below shows care delivered from February 2010 through February 2011.
* The number of cases is too small (<25) to reliably predict clinic performance.
About this measure
The best care for diabetes includes meeting five goals: The D5. This measure shows the percentage of diabetes patients, ages 18-75, who met all 5 goals:
1. Maintain blood pressure less than 130/80
2. Lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol to less than 100 mg/dl
3. Control blood sugar so that A1c level is less than 7%
4. Don't smoke
5. Take an aspirin daily, for those ages 40 and older
The D5 measure of five goals was created to make it easier for people with diabetes and their doctors to focus on the things that have the greatest health impact. Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of early death among people with diabetes. People with diabetes who achieve the D5 greatly lower their risk of heart attacks, blood vessel damage and other vascular diseases. They will also experience fewer problems with their kidneys, eyes and nervous system.
Description above from Minnesota HealthScores.
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