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Impact of an Electronic Medical Record on Diabetes Quality of Care

Patrick J. O’Connor, A. Lauren Crain, William A. Rush, JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, Jay J. Gutenkauf and Jane E. Duncan
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2005, 3 (4) 300-306; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.327
Patrick J. O’Connor
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A. Lauren Crain
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William A. Rush
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JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen
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Jay J. Gutenkauf
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Jane E. Duncan
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PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate the impact of electronic medical record (EMR) implementation on quality of diabetes care.

METHODS We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study of 122 adults with diabetes mellitus at an intervention (EMR) clinic and a comparison (non-EMR) clinic. Clinics had similarly trained primary care physicians, similar patient populations, and used a common diabetes care guideline that emphasized the importance of glucose control. The EMR provided basic decision support, including prompts and reminders for diabetes care. Preintervention and postintervention frequency of testing for glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels were compared with and without adjustment for patient age, sex, comorbidity, and baseline HbA1c level.

RESULTS Frequency of HbA1c tests increased at the EMR clinic compared with the frequency at the non-EMR clinic (P <.001). HbA1c levels improved in both clinics (P <.05) with no significant differences between clinics 2 years (P = .10) or 4 years (P = .27) after EMR implementation. Similar results were observed for LDL levels.

CONCLUSIONS In this controlled study, EMR use led to an increased number of HbA1c and LDL tests but not to better metabolic control. If EMRs are to fulfill their promise as care improvement tools, improved implementation strategies and more sophisticated clinical decision support may be needed.

  • Medical records systems, computerized
  • diabetes mellitus
  • quality of health care
  • primary health care
  • diabetic control
  • disease management
  • medical decision making, computer-assisted
  • informatics
  • endocrinological system/metabolism
  • practice-based research
  • electronic medical records
  • Received for publication October 8, 2004.
  • Revision received January 17, 2005.
  • Accepted for publication February 19, 2005.
  • © 2005 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
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Patrick J. O’Connor, A. Lauren Crain, William A. Rush, JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, Jay J. Gutenkauf, Jane E. Duncan
The Annals of Family Medicine Jul 2005, 3 (4) 300-306; DOI: 10.1370/afm.327

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Patrick J. O’Connor, A. Lauren Crain, William A. Rush, JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, Jay J. Gutenkauf, Jane E. Duncan
The Annals of Family Medicine Jul 2005, 3 (4) 300-306; DOI: 10.1370/afm.327
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