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Eye Examination:Satisfying A Quality Care Measure In Diabetes, Meera Shekar
Eye Examination:Satisfying A Quality Care Measure In Diabetes, Meera Shekar
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Abstract
Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a microvascular complication occurs in patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM). A known risk of increased visual impairment associated with DM occurs in patients when the glycosylated hemoglobin level (HbA1c) increases over 7.0%. Therefore, an annual retinal assessment as a quality care measure in diabetes management is necessary. The conducted study aimed to evaluate the documentation of an annual eye exam in all patients with DM in a private family practice clinic and to investigate any possible association between HbA1c level.
Method: This quality improvement study included a retrospective medical record review in …