Improving Compliance with Screening of Diabetic Patients for Microalbuminuria in Primary Care Practice

Studies showed suboptimal compliance rate of primary care physicians with microalbuminuria screening. This study evaluated impact of electronic medical records (EMR) and computerized physicians reminders on compliance rate and showed small to modest improvement. Combining EMR with quality control mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Anabtawi, Abeer, Mathew, L. Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24224095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/893913
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Sumario:Studies showed suboptimal compliance rate of primary care physicians with microalbuminuria screening. This study evaluated impact of electronic medical records (EMR) and computerized physicians reminders on compliance rate and showed small to modest improvement. Combining EMR with quality control monitoring has significantly improved compliance [OR 1.556, 95% CI 1.251–1.935, P = 0.006].

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