Diabetes

Patients with Diabetes have a multitude of lifestyle changes that they need to understand in order to better take care of themselves. We want our patients to know what they need to do to maintain and prevent further complications from Diabetes like blindness and the loss of as limb.

At RHCC, there are measures that we want you to work on with our staff so you can effectively manage your Diabetes.

• Every patient with Diabetes needs a Hemoglobin A1C at least twice per year if under 7.0 and every 90 days if over 7.0
• Every patient with Diabetes needs to set a self management goal to better care for themselves
• Every patient with Diabetes needs to have their feet check every year for circulation and feeling
• Every patient with Diabetes needs a yearly eye exam
• Every patient with Diabetes needs a yearly dental exam

If you have questions regarding Diabetes, please see the following links

www.ada.org

www.cdc.gov/diabetes

At Robeson Health Care, we have over 1300 patients whose results on the measures above are being documented and tracked in an electronic registry called PECS (Patient Electronic Care System).  Below are graphs that show how we are doing in managing our patients with some of the measures.

Our patient's average HgbA1C currently is 7.4. The lower the HgbA1c, the better you are at taking care of your Diabetes.

Over 55% of our patients have set a Self-Management Goal for themselves.

Over 29% of our patients have had their feet checked by one of our providers. This is a monofilament test for feeling and circulation. If you have poor circulation in your feet, then you are at risk for ulcers and possibly the loss of that limb.

Click below to download an Adobe® format of our Self-Management Goal Sheet.

English Self-Management Goal Sheet

Spanish Self-Management Goal Sheet

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