Quality Areas of Focus:
Department centered Improvement Projects
EPN Diabetes Patients with 2 Visits in the Prior 12 Months
| Initiative | Comprehensive Diabetes Care |
| Metric | Appropriate Office Follow Up |
| Definition | Patients with Diabetes age >18 seen by their Primary Care Physician at least 2 times in the past 12 months |
| Measurement | Percentage of patients meeting the metric definition |
| Numerator | Number of patients seen twice in the past 12 months |
| Denominator | Number of patients with a Diabetes diagnosis in their EPICare problem list |
| Exclusions | Patients residing in a nursing home |
| EPIC Support | Monthly reports distributed to practices identifying patients overdue for visits |
| Network Goal | >90% |
