Diabetics treated at medical practices that use electronic health records (EHR) receive better quality care than those treated at practices that rely on paper records, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed.
The research, which involved analysis of over 27,000 medical records of diabetes patients in Cleveland, Ohio, showed that 51 per cent of patients treated at clinics using EHR received care that met all four standards of care for treatment of diabetes, compared with just 6.6 percent of patients at paper-record sites.
Meanwhile, 44 per cent of diabetes patients at EHR sites had outcomes that met at least four of five separate health standards, while only 16 per cent of patients at paper-based sites had similar outcomes.
The findings were similar when adjusted for insurance type, age, sex, race or ethnic group and other demographic factors.
"EHR-based diabetes clinical decision support significantly improved glucose control and some aspects of blood pressure control in adults with type 2 diabetes," the authors wrote in their report.
"Achievement was higher for EHR sites on all but one outcome standard (body mass index )."
Electronic Health Records Linked To Better Diabetes Care
Fri, 02 Sep 2011
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