Diabetes Teaching

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
American Heart Association (AHA): Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Registry
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Communication

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percent of diabetic patients or newly-diagnosed diabetics receiving diabetes teaching at discharge.

Numerator

Number of diabetic patients or newly-diagnosed diabetics receiving diabetes teaching at discharge.

Denominator

Number of diabetic patients or newly-diagnosed diabetics discharged (inferred).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines - Stroke registry, an online, interactive assessment and reporting system. Supports submission of CMS Core Stroke Measures data

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Not publicly reported based on available evidence. Hospital teams that participate actively and consistently in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke are rewarded with public recognition at national recognition events during the International Stroke Conference and listed by name in advertisements that appear annually in the journal Stroke and in the "Best Hospitals" issue of U.S. News & World Report.

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025