Throughout this paper, I will evaluate the dashboard metrics with regards to benchmarks set by federal, states or local health care policies or laws. Secondly, analyze the challenges that meeting the prescribed benchmarks pose for a health care organization. Thirdly, assess the underperforming benchmarks in the health organization and how it impacts patient quality and performance. And lastly, advocate ethical actions in addressing benchmark underperformance to stakeholders of the organization. Evaluate Benchmark The dashboard metrics of 2016 and 2017, highlighted the below organizations mandated standards of foot, eye, HgbA1C exams conducted in each quarter. The patient demographics of this dashboard on diabetes focused on African Americans, Whites, and American Indians patients. During quarters one thru four of 2016, a total of sixty eye examinations were performed on new patients. These numbers where marginal, compared to the health organization suggested standards per quarter. In 2017, an improvement occurred; an increase of exams tallied 112 amongst four quarters. Nevertheless, outcomes still fall short of organization suggested standards. In addition, foot and HgbA1c exams in quarter one; demonstrated low performing exams as well. And again, an increase happened during quarter three of 2016 through quarter one in 2017, then it quickly tapered off to close out the remainder of the year. The weak point of the benchmark is the lack of employee and patient discussion of the importance of preventative diabetes testing measures. Physicians and nurses must actively increase efforts to inform patients on the importance of participating in testing or prescreening, to prevent or better maintain patient diabetes. At the local, state, and federal levels, various laws and policies are put in place to bring awareness, testing and education of diabetes prevent. In 2015, from bipartisan support in
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