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October 2015
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Overview
Cancer, heart
disease and stroke, diabetes, and infectious diseases have a substantial
impact on the overall health of the Nation. As such, the Healthy People
2020 Clinical Preventive Services Leading Health Indicators cover delivery
of health care services for these health conditions. Clinical preventive
services can detect disease early when treatment is more effective, or
prevent them altogether. These services, such as routine disease screening
and scheduled immunizations, play a key role in reducing death and
disability and improving the health of the Nation.
Learn
More About Clinical Preventive Services
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Clinical
Preventive Services and the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care
Act has expanded key recommended clinical preventive services for adults
and children to promote health over the life span. A focus on prevention
will not only improve the health of Americans, but will also help reduce
health care costs and improve quality of care. By improving access to key
clinical preventive services, the Affordable Care Act is helping Americans
to be healthier and live longer. To learn more about available clinical
preventive services under the Affordable Care Act, please visit https://www.healthcare.gov/.
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Leading Health Indicators
Leading Health
Indicators (LHIs) are critical health issues that—if tackled
appropriately—will dramatically reduce the leading causes of death and
preventable illnesses. The Clinical Preventive Services LHIs are:
· Adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening based on
the most recent guidelines (C-16)
· Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under
control (HDS-12)
· Adults with diabetes with an A1c value greater than 9%
(D-5.1)
· Children aged 19 to 35 months who receive the recommended
doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, hepatitis B, varicella, and PCV vaccines
(IID-8)
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Where We’ve Been and Where We’re
Going
From 2008 to 2013,
the percentage of adults aged 50 to 75 years who had received a colorectal
cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines increased 12%, from
52.1% (age adjusted) to 58.2%, moving toward the HP2020 target of 70.5%.
Over the past
decade, blood pressure control increased by 55% among adults aged 18 years
and over with hypertension, from 31.6% (age adjusted) in 1999–2002 to 48.9%
in 2009–12.
Over the Healthy
People 2020 tracking period there was no statistically significant change
in the rate of poor glycemic control (HbA1c greater than 9%) among adults
aged 18 years and over with diagnosed diabetes (18.0% in 2005–08 and 21.0%
in 2009–12, age adjusted).
The percentage of
children aged 19 to 35 months who had received the recommended doses of
DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, Hep B, varicella, and PCV vaccines increased 62%,
from 44.3% in 2009 to 71.6% in 2014. In 2014, several population groups in
specific demographic categories had the highest rates of receiving all
recommended vaccinations, including children whose mothers had an advanced
degree, those in families with incomes 400–599% of the poverty threshold,
and those with private health insurance.
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Who’s
Leading the Leading Health Indicators?
Increasing the
Rates of Patients with Controlled Diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
 Through diabetes programs at primary care
practices, a diabetes education center, and patient outreach, the Rio
Grande Valley Accountable Care Organization Health Providers, LLC (RGV ACO)
has been working to increase the number of patients who are successfully
controlling their diabetes. RGV ACO’s diabetes initiatives aim to help
patients understand their disease, encourage lifestyle changes, employ
disease management techniques, and connect patients to additional support
when needed. Through these initiatives, RGV ACO has seen an increase in the
number of patients who were successfully controlling their diabetes, from
23.29% in 2012 to 49.17% in 2014.
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Full Story
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Leading
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