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Roughly 29 million Americans have diabetes and another 86 million have pre-diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes was the 7th largest cause of death in the U.S. in 2013, and 20 percent of health care costs are for patients who have diabetes, according to the CDC. The total cost of diabetes was estimated to be $245 billion in 2012, according to the American Diabetes Association.

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diabetes-care

New Data Shows Drop In Diabetes Cases

The rate and number of new cases has fallen measurably, CDC data show.
December 1, 2015
Paul Barr
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New data released publicly today showing that significant progress has been made in the diagnosis of new cases of diabetes is good news for hospitals and health care at large. Hospitals are among the many types of organizations working in a targeted way to reduce the incidence of diabetes, and it appears to be having an effect, according to the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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Chronic care

Diabetes Management: Moving toward a more individualized approach

New and emerging treatment plans are abandoning long-held ideas and becoming much more targeted to diabetes patients' individual needs. But a personalized approach could make quality measurement and pay-for-performance more complicated, and they w...
December 1, 2013
Geri Aston
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New and emerging treatment plans are abandoning long-held ideas and becoming much more targeted to diabetes patients' individual needs. But a personalized approach could make quality measurement and pay-for-performance more complicated, and they will need to change, too.
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Health Matters

Achieving Smarter Health Care

Last spring, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from a cutting-edge study on preventing health care-acquired infections. It is the type of study that we may look back on one day and say, "That's when things changed."
December 1, 2013
Matthew Weinstock
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Last spring, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from a cutting-edge study on preventing health care-acquired infections. It is the type of study that we may look back on one day and say, "That's when things changed."
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AHA Voices

Embracing Change

The AHA's Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence strategic platform offers tools and resources to assist health care organizations navigate our rapidly changing field and work to transform care, beginning at the local level.
November 1, 2013
Benjamin K. Chu, M.D.
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The AHA's Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence strategic platform offers tools and resources to assist health care organizations navigate our rapidly changing field and work to transform care, beginning at the local level.
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Chronic care

Diabetes: The Right Care and the Right Reimbursement

Managing patients with diabetes or other chronic diseases is suddenly a major focus for hospitals. They're working with insurers to develop fair, effective reimbursement models.
October 1, 2013
Geri Aston
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Managing patients with diabetes or other chronic diseases is suddenly a major focus for hospitals. They're working with insurers to develop fair, effective reimbursement models.
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Diabetes

Diabetes: Hospitals Ramping Up Inpatient Care

Smart leaders, smart staff, smart IT — and Medicare penalties that could smart — put the spotlight on 'the Rodney Dangerfield of diseases.'
June 1, 2013
Geri Aston
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Smart leaders, smart staff, smart IT — and Medicare penalties that could smart — put the spotlight on 'the Rodney Dangerfield of diseases.'
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