Impact of electronic diabetes registry 'Meaningful Use' on quality of care and hospital utilization
Conclusion Use of diabetes registries meeting Meaningful Use core objectives is associated with higher completion or recommended lab tests and a lower hospital utilization rate for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - Category: Information Technology Authors: Han, W., Sharman, R., Heider, A., Maloney, N., Yang, M., Singh, R. Tags: Research and Applications Source Type: research
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