Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness and lower-limb amputations.
Healthcare Association of New York State
Healthcare Association of New York State
Nancy Landor
nlandor@hanys.org
518-431-7685
The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) represents approximately 550 not-for-profit and public hospitals, nursing homes, and home care organizations across the State. There are 154 hospital-owned clinics that employ more than 12,000 full-time staff, and there were more than 11 million clinic visits reported in 2006. In 2007, there were 40,351 admissions to New York hospitals with a primary diagnosis of diabetes and 454,268 admissions when a secondary diagnosis is considered.
Reversing New York’s diabetes epidemic requires a comprehensive and coordinated response, including implementing improvements to the way that care is provided to patients with diabetes. Despite the wealth of information about best practices in the care of diabetes, many patients still do not receive the care and support they need to most effectively manage their conditions. In response, HANYS joined the Campaign as a cornerstone member of the Campaign’s Diabetes Clinical Improvement Network. Utilizing staff from its Quality Institute, HANYS is working with the Campaign and other clinical partners to design and implement strategies that enhance diabetes care and improve patient outcomes in all types of primary care settings—community health centers, hospitals, and private practices.
To date, HANYS has helped 267 physicians apply for recognition under the National Committee for Quality Alliance and Bridges to Excellence diabetes care certification programs. HANYS worked with the Campaign’s Network partners to develop and launch a statewide comprehensive survey to assess the needs of primary care providers in caring for their patients with diabetes.
HANYS is continuously recruiting hospital-based and affiliated primary care clinics interested in joining the Campaign and assisting them in improving the health outcomes of their patients with diabetes. Their work will enable their members to achieve and demonstrate high standards of diabetes care, including through the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Diabetes Physicians Recognition Program and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.HANYS will provide technical assistance to its members by telephone, onsite visits, Webinars, diabetes physician experts, and regional training sessions in areas with great need or activity.
The HANYS affiliate, DataGen®, will use existing data to capture inpatient and outpatient data and assess patterns in diabetes care and outcomes. This will enable the Campaign to identify and track diabetes-related health care utilization and outcomes by hospital setting and geographic location and which clinics, practices, and/or individual physicians' patients with diabetes have more admissions, complications, and other poor outcomes.
HANYS will work with the New York State Health Foundation’s Diabetes Policy Center and the Campaign’s other partners to advocate for policy, systems, and reimbursement changes that support primary care practice and improvements in diabetes outcomes.
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