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Case study:TX city creates diabetes monitoring program

May 19, 2008 — 6:59am ET
San Antonio (TX) Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) has established a city registry to monitor the city's diabetics and improve their care. The District's officials plan to use the data to map the... Read more...

Study: EMRs alone can't improve diabetes care

June 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

EMRs have long been held out as a key tool in the fight to better manage chronic disease. Given their capacity to review records automatically--and let physicians know when standard steps weren't taken--the idea seemed like a no-brainer. In reality, though, EMRs in and of themselves may not help much when it comes to improving diabetes care, a new study suggests. The study, which was published in the Annals of Family Medicine, looked the care diabetics got in 50 primary care …

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California RHIO targets diabetics

June 3, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

A Santa Cruz, CA-based health information exchange has developed a diabetes disease registry which has significantly improved providers' ability to identify and treat diabetics in their care. The network, which includes two hospitals, labs, radiology, pathology and transcription services, share information using technology from vendor Axolotl. About a year ago, the providers began using the technology to develop the registry, which identifies likely candidates for the disease and triggers …

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ALSO NOTED: Medicare rolls out "smart pillbox"; Implanted chip points to advance directives; and much more...

April 8, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> Medicare is implementing a program under which a "smart pillbox" will remind elderly people to take their medication. The device will also alert providers if the patient took the wrong medication or dose. Article

> It's a new twist for the implanted RFID chip. Now, it can point providers to a patient's advance directive. …

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