A1C Testing and its Sociodemographic Predictors

A1C Testing and its Sociodemographic Predictors

Background: One of the Healthy People (2020) goals related to the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) test is to increase the percentage of adults (aged 18 years and older) with diabetes who have had an HbA1C test at least twice in the past 12 months from 64.6% percent in 2008 to 71.1% by 2020. However, Texas has historically trailed behind several other states in achieving this goal. Targeted interven...

Sociodemographic predictors of success in smoking intervention.

AIM To examine the role of sociodemographic factors as predictors of sustained smoking cessation for the population who volunteer to participate in intervention programmes. METHOD Data for the 3575 smokers who participated in the CEASE (collaborative European anti-smoking evaluation) trial, a European multicentred study that used transdermal nicotine patches as an adjunct to smoking cessation...

Correlation between Standard Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing Analyzers on Hemoglobin A1C Determination

A1C Versus Glucose Testing: A Comparison

D iabetes was originally identified by the presence of glucose in the urine. Almost 2,500 years ago it was noticed that ants were attracted to the urine of some individuals. In the 18th and 19th centuries the sweet taste of urine was used for diagnosis before chemical methods became available to detect sugars in the urine. Tests tomeasure glucose in the blood were developed over 100 years ago, ...

Temporal trends of hemoglobin A1c testing

OBJECTIVE The study of utilization patterns can quantify potential overuse of laboratory tests and find new ways to reduce healthcare costs. We demonstrate the use of distributional analytics for comparing electronic health record (EHR) laboratory test orders across time to diagnose and quantify overutilization. MATERIALS AND METHODS We looked at hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing across 119,000 ...