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iHealth 2017 Clinical Informatics Conference
2017-05-02 - 2017-05-04    
All Day
iHealth 2017 Clinical Informatics Conference May 02 - 04, 2017 Philadelphia, PA Loews Philadelphia Hotel Register Now About the ConferenceiHealth is where clinicians, informatics professionals [...]
Chicago Health IT Summit
2017-05-11 - 2017-05-12    
All Day
About the Health IT Summits Renowned leaders in U.S. and North American healthcare gather throughout the year to present important information and share insights at [...]
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Chicago Health IT Summit
11 May 17
Chicago
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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: