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RURAL HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
2016-02-07 - 2016-02-10    
All Day
For over 28 years, the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference has brought a unique focus on innovative ideas, thoughtful insights, and tested strategies for improving [...]
Events on 2016-02-07
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EHRs linked to improved care for patients with diabetes

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Researchers examined the medical records of 169,711 diabetic patients over 1 year of age in the Kaiser Permanente diabetes clinical registry before and after the implementation of Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect®, the organization’s comprehensive EHR system. They found that patients visited the emergency room 29 fewer times per 1,000 patients and were hospitalized 13 fewer times per 1,000 patients annually after the implementation: