Benchmarking
RALS-Report Compares Your POC Glucose
Results to
other Hospitals
(2009
Results;
2008
Results;
November 2010
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology)
 As a RALS-Plus user, you now have the ability to compare
your hospital’s mean glucose results to hospitals across the
country participating in the RALS-Annual Report program. In
the world of glucose management, this is unprecedented news
that can benefit your hospital significantly. Numerous
regulatory, accrediting, and reporting agencies are moving
towards linking reimbursement to the quality of medical
care.
RALS-Annual
Report Provides 3 Charts
The RALS-Annual Report
will offer your hospital the ability to demonstrate how
successful it has been in the implementation of Glycemic
Control protocols for the improvement of patient care.
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Your hospital’s mean POC patient glucose results against
the RALS participating hospital aggregate mean.
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Your hospital’s ICU mean POC patient glucose results
against the RALS participating hospital aggregate mean.
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Your hospital’s non-ICU mean POC patient glucose results
against RALS participating hospital aggregate mean.
The first RALS-Annual Report has already been distributed to
nearly 200 RALS-Plus users and included more than 18 million
glucose results.
With 1,500 potential RALS-Plus users ultimately
participating, we foresee upwards of 150 million glucose
values being reported.
In the very near future, we will be offering other
benchmarking products and services that will give you
further insight into your hospital’s state of glycemic
control and your hospital’s performance relative to other
participating hospitals. Examples of additional reports
include the percentage of blood glucose results in
clinically relevant ranges, comparison to other
participating hospitals according to number of beds, region,
type, and number of blood glucose measurements, time to
target and % compliance with ACE*** guidelines.
*Blood glucose data used is all de-identified patient POC
blood glucose data contained within a specific RALS-Plus
database. ICU locations were identified according to the
locations provided by the specific institution. Pediatric,
Neonatal, Nursery, and NICU areas were excluded.
**A hospital’s quartile is a number from 1 to 4. Quartiles
provide a rough approximation of a specific hospital’s
performance relative to all participating hospitals.
***American College of Endocrinology Position Statement on
Inpatient Diabetes and Metabolic Control. Endocrine
Practice. Vol. 10. No. 1, January/February 2004, pp.77-82,
has formulated standards for diabetes management in the
hospital. Among these standards are the upper limits for
glycemic targets, which “are intended to provide clinicians
with guidelines for promoting improved outcomes”. In
particular, the guidelines recommend that patients’ blood
glucose levels be less than 180 mg/dL in the general
hospital units (non-ICU) and less than 110 mg/dL in the
ICUs.
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