The Utah Beacon Community Program, called the IC3, "Improving Care Through Connectivity and Collaboration," aims to improve the care that patients receive, particularly those with diabetes and other life-threatening conditions; decrease unnecessary costs in the health care system; and improve public health. Specifically, it is working to achieve four primary objectives:
Improve the health and health care for people with diabetes through management and coordination of care
Reduce avoidable hospital stays and emergency department visits for people with diabetes
Improve consistency between patient wishes and care provided during the last six months of life
Improve communicable disease-reporting capacity among hospitals
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