Leveraging electronic health records to develop measurements for processes of care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the reliability of data in electronic health records (EHRs) for measuring processes of care among primary care physicians (PCPs) and examine the relationship between these measures and clinical outcomes.

Data sources/study setting

EHR data from 15,370 patients with diabetes, 49,561 with hypertension, in a group practice serving four Northern California counties.

Study design/methods

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and multilevel analyses of the relationships between processes of care variables and factor scales with control of hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure (BP), and low density lipoprotein (LDL) among patients with diabetes and BP among patients with hypertension.

Principal findings

Volume of e-messages, number of days to the third-next-

SUBMITTER: Tai-Seale M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3976190 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature