Prevention and Chronic Condition Management:
Diabetes Care: LDL-C Screening
What are we measuring and why?
Diabetes is a serious chronic illness which has become an epidemic in the United States. Diabetes affects the entire body, partly through its potentially harmful effects on blood vessels. Because of their disease, patients with diabetes are at very high risk of vascular, blood vessel, problems. If a patient with diabetes has a high Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol level, the physician can help the patient make the changes they need to lower their LDL cholesterol levels. Lower levels of "bad" cholesterol decrease the risk of future vascular problems and complications.
Partners physicians measure the percentage of the diabetic patients who have had at least one LDL or "bad" cholesterol test in the past calendar year.
How are we doing and how do we compare to best practice?
For this measure, the Massachusetts State average and the national 90th percentile are both 91%. Our practices perform this important test 93% of the time, exceeding both of these benchmarks.
What are we doing to improve?
Partners physicians use the reminders and scheduling systems that work best to make sure patients have their "bad" cholesterol levels checked regularly. Systems making this easier are the electronic medical record and other electronic systems that identify patients at risk or who have not been tested, and then help the physicians send a reminder to these patients or test them at their next appointment.
Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. (PCHI) is the network of primary care and specialty physicians and other health professionals who make up our ambulatory care network. To learn more about PCHI, please visit the About Partners page of this web site.
Charts for Diabetes Care: LDL-C Screening
- Current Scores
- Current Scores
Diabetes Care: LDL-C Screening
Partners HealthCare Data Period: January 2010 – December 2010
Partners HealthCare Source: Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.
Mass. State Average Source: Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
National 90th Percentile Source: Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
Diabetes Care: LDL-C Screening
Partners HealthCare Data Period: January 2010 – December 2010
Partners HealthCare Source: Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.
Mass. State Average Source: Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
National 90th Percentile Source: Massachusetts Health Quality Partners