1 Diabetes Dashboard Metrics Analysis Andrea Riggs School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Capella University NHS-FP6004: Health Care Law and Policy Dr. Melissa Robinson November 2021 2 To senior leadership Introduction I have reviewed the Diabetes metrics dashboard for Mercy Medical Center that was sent to me by leadership for all four quarters of 2018 – 2019 that measured eye, foot, and HgbA1C exams and race, age, and gender statistics for 2019 only. Diabetes is a chronic illness that is due to the body's inability to make or use insulin, causing high blood sugar and if not adequately managed, it can lead to an array of serious complications, including heart disease, stroke, hypertension, blindness, amputations, and premature death. Per the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Study and noted on Diabetes in Minnesota fact sheet, in 2017, 7.8% of Minnesota adults (about 330,000) had been diagnosed with diabetes (type 1 or 2), approximately 18,000 new cases are diagnosed each year (2010). Selvin et al. (2017) indicated 1 in 10 people with diabetes do not know that they have the disease. I will discuss my organizational and interprofessional team performance evaluation against prescribed metrics set forth by government laws and policies at the local, state, and federal levels. After analyzing what areas are underperforming, ethical actions to address these will be discussed and how these areas could be potentially improved. Evaluation of Diabetes Dashboard Metrics Two ...
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