Rate of hospitalizations due to chronic kidney disease.
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
Developmental objective in the Healthy CT 2020 State Health Improvement Plan.
Partners
Connecticut Department of Public Health; Connecticut Department of Social Services; State Department of Education; Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; Office of the Healthcare Advocate; local public health agencies; health care providers including community health centers, hospitals, nurses and physicians; health professional associations; health insurers; pharmaceutical companies; other businesses and business associations; American Diabetes and Heart Associations; National Kidney Foundation; other organizations and coalitions focused on diabetes and kidney disorders; community service providers; other philanthropic and research organizations that address diabetes and kidney disorders; schools of public health, allied health, nursing, and medicine.
What Works
Strategy
Provide education, incentives and technology-based tools to providers, patients and families to facilitate self-reporting on hypertension data.
Provide education and incentives to providers, patients and families to facilitate monitoring and management of high cholesterol data.
Identify and implement data tracking methods to establish a baseline for hospitalizations; chronic kidney disease currently is identified based on clinical characteristics of the disease.