November 14th is World Diabetes Day, honoring the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin in 1922 with Charles Best. The blue circle, adopted in 2007, represents the global symbol for diabetes awareness, uniting us against the diabetes epidemic.
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. It affects about 37 million Americans, including adults and youth. Diabetes can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart, and it is linked to some types of cancer.
The Diabetes Education team at Welia Health is here to help you and your family learn how to manage diabetes, whether type 1 or type 2. Our educators will work with you to establish individual goals so you can feel better and reduce your risks of developing diabetes-related complications.
Additional resources about living with diabetes can be found here: American Diabetes Association, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Becoming the best place to receive health care on the planet starts with all of us!
It is our mission to support and improve the health of the communities we serve.
Each quarter, we monitor our results for providing excellent care and patient experiences, and we will post the results.
Please keep in mind that most results are posted two months after the care is delivered.
There will be three types of reports that will be posted here:
1. Patient Experience-any setting that sends a survey to a patient will be on the report. The results are displayed by percentile ranking. Percentile means how well we do compared to everyone else that our vendor uses. For example, a 90th percentile ranking means we did better than 90% of the other places. Our goal is to be the best!
2. Clinic Quality Measures-our goals are set each year, but follow the state reporting rules. Our results are available on a monthly basis.
3. Hospital Quality Measures-the measures are determined by state reporting rules. We strive to achieve a 95% success rate.
