Information for Health Care Providers
What You Can Do
- Promote physical activity, healthy food choices, and weight loss in persons at risk for developing diabetes.
- Screen for diabetes and pre-diabetes in adults with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and those >= 45 years of age who are overweight.
- Prevent diabetes-associated complications by monitoring and controlling the ABC’S of diabetes (hemoglobin A1C, Blood pressure, Cholesterol, Smoking status.
Clinical Tools
Patient Education Materials
Fact Sheets
Palm Cards and Posters
Personal Health Records
Provider Resources
A1C Registry
The New York City Board of Health recently required the reporting of hemoglobin A1C, a measure of blood sugar control over three months, by most clinical labs that report electronically to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. This groundbreaking requirement, which is the first such population-based registry in the nation, has great potential to map the epidemic of diabetes in NYC and improve the quality of care and quality of life in New Yorkers with diabetes. The reporting requirement and surveillance became effective January 15, 2006. The NYC DOHMH is designing a pilot intervention to improve diabetes care and management using the registry for residents of the South Bronx, the neighborhood with the highest rate of diabetes in the city. High priority is being placed on securing and maintaining the confidentiality of those in the A1C Registry. Registry data is available only to the patient and their treating medical providers. There is no reporting requirement for doctors; the requirement applies solely to clinical laboratories.
