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Electronic blood glucose monitoring impacts on provider and patient behavior.
Root, Allyson; Connolly, Christopher; Majors, Season; Ahmed, Hassan; Toma, Mattie.
  • Root A; Amazon, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Connolly C; Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
  • Majors S; Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
  • Ahmed H; Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
  • Toma M; Department of Economics, Office of Evaluation Sciences and Harvard University, Washington, District of Columbia and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc ; 29(8): 1381-1390, 2022 07 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1853105
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

Recent technological development along with the constraints imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have led to increased availability of patient-generated health data. However, it is not well understood how to effectively integrate this new technology into large health systems. This article seeks to identify interventions to increase utilization of electronic blood glucose monitoring for patients with diabetes. MATERIALS AND

METHODS:

A large randomized controlled trial tested the impact of multiple interventions to promote use of electronic blood glucose tracking. The total study sample consisted of 7052 patients with diabetes across 68 providers at 20 selected primary care offices. The design included 2 stages First, primary care practices were randomly assigned to have their providers receive education regarding blood glucose flowsheet orders. Then, patients in the treated practices were assigned to 1 of 4 reminder interventions.

RESULTS:

Provider education successfully increased provider take-up of an online blood glucose monitoring tool by 64 percentage points, while a comparison of reminder interventions revealed that emphasizing accountability to the provider encouraged patients to track their blood glucose online. An assessment of downstream outcomes revealed impacts of the interventions on prescribing behavior and A1c testing frequency.

DISCUSSION:

It is important to understand how health systems can practically promote take-up and awareness of emerging digital health alternatives or those with persistently low utilization in clinical settings.

CONCLUSION:

These results indicate that provider training and support are critical first steps to promote utilization of patient-generated health data, and that patient communications can provide further motivation.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Diabetes Mellitus / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Am Med Inform Assoc Journal subject: Medical Informatics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jamia

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Diabetes Mellitus / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Am Med Inform Assoc Journal subject: Medical Informatics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jamia