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2010 Aggregate Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Report

The Seattle Indian Health Board’s Urban Indian Health Institute is pleased to announce the release of the 2010 Aggregate Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit Report. Using data from the 2006-2010 Indian Health Service (IHS) Diabetes Audit, this report uses Key Measures from IHS Best Practice Guidelines as a framework to present the performance of participating urban Indian health organizations (UIHO) as a whole. Eight clinical best practices topics were examined, including Cardiovascular Disease, Youth and Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease and Depression.

In 2010, 30 facilities participated in the annual Diabetes Audit, representing over 3,800 urban American Indian/Alaska Native patients with diabetes nationwide. Some key findings include:

  • In 2010, 74% of audited patients with diabetes received nutritional instruction from a Registered Dietitian or other provider, a 16% increase from the previous year.
  • During the past five years, the percentage of audited patients with diabetes screened for depression increased from 44% to 67%.
  • In 2010, only 39% of audited patients with diabetes had a record of receiving a qualifying eye exam in the previous year, which is below the 2010 IHS GPRA goal for 55% of patients to receive an annual eye exam.
  • 2010 IHS GPRA goals related to glycemic control, LDL cholesterol assessment and controlled blood pressure were met by participating UIHOs combined.

Posted in Data Collection, Diabetes, UIHO.

By Elizabeth Knaster – October 25, 2011

New Resources from the Health Equity Project

The Seattle Indian Health Board’s Urban Indian Health Institute is pleased to share a variety of resources now available on the Health Equity Project website. Two new reports highlight efforts to prevent, treat and manage cardiovascular disease in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. User-friendly resource guides to forming strategic partnerships are also available on the website and include:

In the upcoming years, the Health Equity Project will provide trainings and technical assistance to facilitate and support partnerships between select urban Indian health organizations, with the aim of sharing resources and reducing the burden of disease in urban AI/AN communities.

Posted in UIHI.

By Julie Loughran – September 14, 2011

Leadership in Data Use Award Recipient

We are excited to announce Jan Chacon, Diabetes Prevention Program Manager at the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC), as the recipient of the Urban Indian Health Institute’s 2011 Leadership in Data Use Award! As part of the effort to promote leadership and capacity building among urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities, the UIHI recognizes Jan and her exceptional contribution to the Diabetes Prevention Program through innovative use of health data. To recognize Jan’s outstanding contribution, the IHC Diabetes Prevention Program will receive a $500 cash award.

Jan has led the Diabetes Prevention Program at the IHC since 2007. She is responsible for the day-to-day implementation, leadership, and management of the activities of the Diabetes Prevention Program as well as the development, expansion and promotion of the program. By collecting and reporting health indicators and outcomes associated with diabetes, nutrition and exercise, Jan increased the exposure of the innovative work of the Diabetes Prevention Program. As a result, both partnership and funding opportunities have expanded.

In May 2010, the UIHI featured IHC’s award-winning Diabetes Prevention Program in its UIHO Spotlight article. In her nomination, a coworker shared, “[Jan’s] ability to show positive outcomes from the Diabetes Prevention Program through data collection and analyses has changed the entire community’s view from one of ‘no hope’ for preventing diabetes to one of ‘Hope.’ ”

The UIHI congratulates and thanks Jan for her hard work and outstanding use of data! For more information about IHC’s Diabetes Prevention Program, click here.

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Posted in Grants, UIHI.

By Admin – August 1, 2011