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Fairview diabetes care ranks high |
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Wednesday, 05 December 2007 |
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For people with diabetes, Fairview Hugo Clinic offers you some of the best care available in Minnesota to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications. The Minnesota Community Measurement Project recently launched a website, www.thed5.org, that allows comparison of various clinics throughout the state in care of diabetes. Fairview Hugo Clinic, 14663 Mercantile Dr., ranks fourth among all clinics measured with more then 30 percent of its adult patients with diabetes achieving the D5 goals. The D5 average for clinics statewide was 13.5 percent. Another Fairview clinic, Fairview Oxboro Clinic, led the comparison with 36 percent of its patients with diabetes achieving the desired goals. (Results reported are for patients, age 18-75 who reached all five goals in 2006.) “Reaching all five goals has been found to greatly reduce a patient’s risk of complications associated with diabetes,” says Dr. John Northwood of Fairview Hugo Clinic. “The more that patients with diabetes remain in control, the more eyes, hearts and other organs are saved from irreparable damage and life-threatening injury.” At Fairview Hugo Clinic, physicians and staff partner with patients with diabetes to help them achieve the desired goals, he said.
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