| Measure | Patients with Measure Present on Health Maintenance Template | Patients with Health Maintenance Template Use | Patients up to Date with Measure | Practices with Significant† Improvement over Time (n)‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2008 | April 1, 2010 | July 1, 2008 | April 1, 2010 | July 1, 2008 | April 1, 2010 | ||
| Screening | |||||||
| Cholesterol (≥18 years old) | 92 (3789) | 97 (3706) | 41 (3271) | 56* (3606) | 58 (3789) | 64 (3706) | 6 |
| HDL cholesterol (≥18 years old) | 21 (3789) | 95* (3706) | 16 (892) | 52* (3357) | 58 (3789) | 64 (3706) | 6 |
| Mammography (women ≥40 years old) | 92 (1489) | 99 (1367) | 35 (1453) | 60* (1359) | 47 (1489) | 57 (1367) | 5 |
| Osteoporosis (women ≥65 years old) | 94 (445) | 100 (473) | 9 (361) | 21* (473) | 45 (445) | 52* (473) | 7 |
| Immunizations | |||||||
| Pneumococcal (≥65 years old) | 91 (712) | 99 (763) | 40 (650) | 66* (760) | 50 (712) | 62* (763) | 7 |
| Pneumococcal (18–64 years old at high risk) | 63 (354) | 79 (392) | 8 (139) | 35* (262) | 14 (354) | 31* (392) | 7 |
| Influenza (≥50 years old) | 51 (1763) | 99* (1849) | 8 (1318) | 37* (1840) | 24 (1763) | 33 (1849) | 2 |
| Influenza (18–49 years old at high risk) | 52 (228) | 60 (257) | 4 (84) | 17* (135) | 14 (228) | 22 (257) | 3 |
| Td vaccine (≥12 years old) | 96 (4,227) | 100* (4139) | 26 (3847) | 46* (4139) | 35 (4227) | 46* (4139) | 8 |
| Zoster vaccine (≥60 years old) | 0 (986) | 100* (1072) | 0 (1) | 28* (1072) | 3 (986) | 16* (1072) | 8 |
| Diabetes mellitus measures | |||||||
| Urine microalbumin | 68 (400) | 80* (432) | 9 (178) | 44* (351) | 34 (400) | 53* (432) | 6 |
| Hemoglobin A1c | 57 (400) | 80* (432) | 6 (118) | 54* (351) | 66 (400) | 66 (432) | 5 |
| HDL cholesterol | 85 (400) | 99 (432) | 37 (272) | 67 (426) | 70 (400) | 76 (432) | 6 |
| LDL cholesterol | 90 (400) | 97 (432) | 48 (303) | 76* (400) | 70 (400) | 77 (432) | 6 |
| Triglycerides | 85 (400) | 93 (432) | 37 (272) | 61 (350) | 70 (400) | 76 (432) | 6 |
Practice performance measures are expressed as a percentages. The values provided in this table reflect the medians of these percentages across practices (and the median number of eligible patients per practice).
↵* P < .05 for trend over time across all practices using a general linear mixed model.
↵† P < .05 for trend over time within individual practices using a general linear mixed model.
↵‡ Out of a total of 8 practices.
HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.