2.0.0.0 Hos­pi­tal Care De­liv­ery Stan­dards

2.1.0.0 Rec­om­men­da­tions

Rec­om­men­da­tion

15.1 Per­form an A1C on all pa­tients with di­a­betes or hy­per­glycemia (blood glu­cose >140 mg/dL [7.8 mmol/‍L]) ad­mit­ted to the hos­pi­tal if not per­formed in the prior 3 months. B

High-‍qual­i­ty hos­pi­tal care for di­a­betes re­quires both hos­pi­tal care de­liv­ery stan­dards, often as­sured by struc­tured order sets, and qual­i­ty as­sur­ance stan­dards for pro­cess im­prove­ment. “Best prac­tice” pro­to­cols, re­views, and guide­lines (2) are in­con­sis­tent­ly im­ple­ment­ed with­in hos­pi­tals. To cor­rect this, hos­pi­tals have es­tab­lished pro­to­cols for struc­tured pa­tient care and struc­tured order sets, which in­clude com­put­er­ized physi­cian order entry (CPOE).