Why Sliding Scale Insulin Is Failing Your Patients and Impairing Your Hospital’s CMS Readiness
Prepare your hospital for mandatory glycemic quality reporting and discover why reactive insulin protocols like sliding scale are no longer sufficient.
Why This White Paper Matters for Your Hospital
This white paper takes a hard look at the clinical and operational limitations of sliding scale insulin; particularly as hospitals transition into mandatory CMS eCQM reporting on severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia beginning January 2026. You’ll learn:
- Why sliding scale remains a reactive approach that contributes to variability, adverse outcomes, and workflow inefficiencies.
- How CMS evaluates risk through outcomes reporting, not intent, and how sliding scale protocols can jeopardize performance.
- Evidence-based alternatives and readiness strategies that hospitals are successfully adopting today.
Who should download?
- Hospital Quality & Patient Safety Leaders
- Nursing and Clinical Leadership
- Pharmacy Teams
- Clinical Informatics and IT Leaders
- Hospitalists
