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Boston Health IT Summit
2017-06-15 - 2017-06-16    
All Day
About Health IT Summits Fuel your Passion. Transform Healthcare. Renowned leaders in U.S. and North American healthcare gather throughout the year to present important information [...]
Nashville Health IT Summit
2017-06-27 - 2017-06-28    
All Day
U.S. healthcare is at an inflection point right now, as policy mandates and internal healthcare system reform begin to take hold, system-wide. How can healthcare [...]
Events on 2017-06-15
Boston Health IT Summit
15 Jun 17
Boston
Events on 2017-06-27
Nashville Health IT Summit
27 Jun 17
Nashville
Videos

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: