Putting the pieces together: EHR communication and diabetes patient outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: Primary care teams whose EHR communication reached more team members indirectly (ie, via message forwarding) had worse outcomes and higher medical costs for their patients with diabetes. EHR team communication flow patterns may be an important avenue to explore in raising quality of care and lowering costs for patients with diabetes in primary care. PMID: 30325187 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research