Hemoglobin A, glycosylated
Innovations
University of Chicago Medicine (a large academic medical center) developed and implemented a program called CareSmarts in which patients with diabetes received several text messages each day...
In an expansion of a program known as ElderSmile, which provides oral examinations and oral hygiene education to mostly Hispanic and African-American seniors at community centers throughout...
Vidant Health, a health system serving a largely rural area, redesigned its care management system for patients with diabetes in three affiliated rural clinics located in medically underserved...
Hudson Health Plan, a not-for-profit health plan serving Medicaid managed care and Children's Health Insurance Program patients, has designed its pay-for-performance program to work for both large...
In partnership with an unrestricted grant from dLife.com (a for-profit company with a weekly educational television show and a public self-management Web site focused on diabetes), researchers at...
QualityTools
This fact sheet provides information for people with diabetes about the hemoglobin A1c test.
This fact sheet addresses the following topics:
- Why should I have the A1c test?
- What is a good A1c number?
- How often...
This brochure for people with diabetes addresses the importance of blood sugar control and describes two tests that determine blood sugar level.
This brochure addresses the following topics:
- Keeping your blood sugar in control...
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