Electronic Health Records Shown to Help Better Control Diabetes

September 7th, 2011 by Ryan Luce No Comments

Written by Michael O'Leary

Randall D. Cebul, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

Director, Better Health
Greater Cleveland

One factor diabetes patients probably don’t think about for achieving better overall outcomes and control of their A1c is whether or not their doctors use an electronic medical record system, but it might be something to think about.

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 70 percent of diabetes patients whose providers used electronic medical records achieved their A1c targets compared to 48 percent of those whose providers used paper medical charts.

The study led by Dr. Randall Cebul, professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University, involved 27,206 people in Cuyahoga County, Ohio who made at least two visits to their care providers during a one-year period between July 2009 and June 2010. (Link to published site)

First Study to Show Research Meaningful Use from EMRs

Data captured in electronic medical records (EMR) for routine clinical care as currently implemented is sufficient to conduct genome-wide association studies, according to the first study to look at EMR-based research.

The study published today in Science Translational Medicine provides the first proof of the concept that one of the meaningful uses of EMRs is that they might be used to conduct a variety of health research studies more efficiently and cost-effectively than is currently possible. (Link to published site)

First Study to Show Research Meaningful Use from EMRs

THURSDAY, 21 APRIL 2011 09:26

Data captured in electronic medical records (EMR) for routine clinical care as currently implemented is sufficient to conduct genome-wide association studies, according to the first study to look at EMR-based research.

The study published today in Science Translational Medicineprovides the first proof of the concept that one of themeaningful uses of EMRs is that they might be used to conduct a variety of health research studies more efficiently and cost-effectively than is currently possible.