Study: EHRs Improve Diabetes Care, Improve Clinical Quality September 1, 2011 EHR, Technology EHR, quality of care 0 Researchers from Case Western Reserve University report that provider practices using electronic health-record systems had higher rates of compliance with clinical quality improvement measures for diabetic patients than did their clinical counterparts using paper-based record systems. The study found more than half of diabetes patients got the best care as measured by four standards if their providers used electronic health records. This compares to just 7 percent of patients whose providers used old-fashioned paper, they reported in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. Click here to read the full article. Comments are closed.
