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. 2013 Oct 9:2013:893913.
doi: 10.1155/2013/893913. eCollection 2013.

Improving compliance with screening of diabetic patients for microalbuminuria in primary care practice

Abeer Anabtawi  1 , L Mary Mathew
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Improving compliance with screening of diabetic patients for microalbuminuria in primary care practice

Abeer Anabtawi et al. ISRN Endocrinol. .

Abstract

Studies showed suboptimal compliance rate of primary care physicians with microalbuminuria screening. This study evaluated impact of electronic medical records (EMR) and computerized physicians reminders on compliance rate and showed small to modest improvement. Combining EMR with quality control monitoring has significantly improved compliance [OR 1.556, 95% CI 1.251-1.935, P = 0.006].

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