Diabetes Medical Care Quality Index (ICAD): A Nationwide Experience of Continuous Improvement in Primary Health Care Clinics

Digital health and robust analytics have shown to improve the quality of care by enabling data-driven decision making and accurate allocation of resources. Due to the fast-growing burden of T2D in Mexico, we created the Diabetes Medical Care Quality Index (ICAD) to favor the continuous improvement of care in primary healthcare clinics (PHC).The ICAD assesses three components: patient retention (PR), adherence with clinical guidelines (ACG), and T2D control (DMC) through a 100-point score, to estimate the percentage of patients that regularly visit their clinic, the medical actions provided each visit, and the percentage of patients with A1c Disclosure H. Gallardo: None. L. Suarez-Idueta: None. J. Lomelin-Gascon: Other Relationship; Self; Lilly Global Health Partnership. A. Montoya: None. R. Mujica-Rosales: None. R.C. Tapia-Conyer: None. E.R. Saucedo-Martinez: None.