Associations between patient portal use and electronic health record (EHR) data timeliness in type 2 diabetes mellitus care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient data is subject to missingness and errors. Patient portals enable patients managing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to review and correct data to avoid retesting, medication errors, and diagnostic mistakes. We examined whether patient portal use was associated with electronic health record (EHR) data timeliness in T2DM care.

Research design and methods

We analyzed EHR data from a panel of adult patients to determine whether portal use improved data timeliness. EHR data timeliness is measured as the number of days between patient encounters, accounting for mean attribute update periods, where available EHR attribute updates for T2DM measurements were present, including body mass, weight, glycated hemoglobin A1c, cholesterol, blood pressure, serum creatinine,

SUBMITTER: Wiley K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599696 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature