Community Health Centers Show Improved Diabetes Care

Over the four-year span between 1998 and 2002, community health centers not only improved their processes for managing diabetes, such as testing for blood glucose and cholesterol, but also saw gains in their patients’ health, a new study finds. Researchers found “a statistically and clinically significant” reduction in hemoglobin A1c (a measure of long-term “blood sugar” control) and low-density lipoprotein (”bad” cholesterol) levels in center patients. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Cholesterol on December 2nd, 2007