title: Standardized Documentation in Pediatric Diabetology: Experience From Austria and Germany.
abstract: This article gives a short summary of standardized documentation for pediatric diabetology from a European perspective. The approach chosen by the Austrian/German DPV (Diabetes Patienten Verlaufsdokumentation) group is detailed. The electronic health record used is briefly described, as are external benchmarking reports and national and international comparisons. Similar initiatives like the Hvidore study group, the SWEET initiative (Pediatric Diabetes: Working to Create Centers of Reference in Europe), and the T1DExchange (Type 1 Diabetes Exchange Registry) are compared to the DPV effort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics 1, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Sabine.E.Hofer@i-med.ac.at.
authors.forename: Sabine E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, ZIBMT, ULM University, Ulm Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwandt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, ZIBMT, ULM University, Ulm Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Reinhard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Holl
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries
keywords: benchmarking; diabetes mellitus; international comparison; quality improvement; standardized documentation