Clinical Decision Support Using Electronic Medical Records: For the Improvement of Diabetes Care and Proper Use of Insulin for Inpatients.
The aim of the study is to develop a scheme of a decision support system concerning insulin intervention for inpatients. Transaction data for 32,637 inpatients were collected from the EMR. As a result, antidiabetic agents were not taken by 38.9%-41.7% of patients with a Disease Complicated by DM. It is recommended that the EMR should provide a suggestion about insulin level for diseases with DM as a complicating factor.
Division of Healthcare Informatics, Faculty of Healthcare, Tokyo Healthcare Informatics, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryoma
R
Seto
Division of Drug Information, Department of Pharmacy, Kyorin University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Susumu
S
Wakabayashi
D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007297:Inpatients; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058996:Quality Improvement
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin