California Health Care Safety Net Institute

Enhance Quality of Care

Goal I: Enhance Quality of Care Delivered at
California Public Hospital Systems to Ensure Healthy Outcomes


2009-2011 Objectives

• 90% of 137 primary care clinics are using disease registries for patients with diabetes both at the point of care and for regular follow-up care.

• Improve diabetes outcomes through use of disease registries whereby the most recent HbA1c is less than 8% for 90% of diabetic patients and 80% of diabetes patients have well-controlled blood pressure.

• Public hospitals scoring in the top 10% nationwide on 30 publicly reported CMS core quality measures.

• Palliative care services established in 11 public hospitals, providing humane and efficient end-of-life care.


See full document of SNI goals, objectives, and strategies here.

Related document: CAPH Issues Brief on Providing High Quality Care.