EPN Diabetes Patients with Most Recent Hemoglobin A1c Tests > 8.5%

Initiative		Comprehensive Diabetes Care
Metric		Appropriate Diabetes control testing follow up
Definition		Patients with Diabetes age >18 with their most recent Hemoglobin A1c test >8.5% in the past 12 months
Measurement		Percentage of patients meeting the metric definition
Numerator		Number of patients with their most recent Hemoglobin A1c test > 8.5%
Denominator		Number of patients with a Diabetes diagnosis in their EPICare problem list
Exclusions		Patients residing in a nursing home Patients new to EPN within the last 6 months Patients with a new Diabetes diagnosis within the past 6 months Patients referred to an Endocrinology Specialist for care
EPIC Support		Monthly reports distributed to practices identifying patients with most recent Hemoglobin A1c test result > 8.5%
Network Goal		<10%