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2015 OSEHRA Open Source Summit
2015-07-29 - 2015-07-31    
All Day
Join the Premier Open Source Health IT Summit! Looking to gain expertise in both public and private sector open source health IT?  Want to collaborate [...]
Converge where Healthcare meets Innovation
2015-09-02 - 2015-09-03    
All Day
MedCity CONVERGE provides the most accurate picture of the future of medical innovation by gathering decision-makers from every sector to debate the challenges and opportunities [...]
Events on 2015-07-29
2015 OSEHRA Open Source Summit
29 Jul 15
Bethesda
Events on 2015-09-02
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: