ArticlePreventing chronic disease2015
Increasing Referrals to a YMCA-Based Diabetes Prevention Program: Effects of Electronic Referral System Modification and Provider Education in Federally Qualified Health Centers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The use of Electronic Health Records to Support Population Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of medical systems · 2018Pooled it
- Primary Care Cluster RCT to Increase Diabetes Prevention Program Referrals.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Trial
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- Health Care Providers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices and the Association With Referrals to the National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Change Program.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Article
- Digital Health Interventions to Enhance Prevention in Primary Care: Scoping Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
- Did the 2015 USPSTF Abnormal Blood Glucose Recommendations Change Clinician Attitudes or Behaviors? A Mixed-Method Assessment.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Factors affecting the successful implementation of the referral system: A scoping review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record Referral Process to Enhance Participation in Evidence-Based Arthritis Interventions.Preventing chronic disease · 2021Article
- Improving Referrals to Diabetes Self-Management Education in Medically Underserved Adults.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2021Article
- Study protocol: Using peer support to aid in prevention and treatment in prediabetes (UPSTART).Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- The Reach of an Urban Hospital System-Based Diabetes Prevention Program: Patient Engagement and Weight Loss Characteristics.The Diabetes educator · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThe Diabetes Prevention Program has been translated to community settings with varying success. Although primary care referrals are used for identifying and enrolling eligible patients in the Diabetes Prevention Program, little is known about the effects of strategies to facilitate and sustain eligible patient referrals using electronic health record systems.
methodsTo facilitate and sustain patient referrals, a modification to the electronic health record system was made and combined with provider education in 6 federally qualified health centers in the Bronx, New York. Referral data from April 2012 through November 2014 were analyzed using segmented regression analysis.
resultsPatient referrals increased significantly after the modification of the electronic health record system and implementation of the provider education intervention. Before the electronic system modification, 0 to 2 patients were referred per month. During the following year (September 2013 through August 2014), which included the provider education intervention, referrals increased to 1 to 9 per month and continued to increase to 5 to 11 per month from September through November 2014.
conclusionsModification of an electronic health record system coupled with a provider education intervention shows promise as a strategy to identify and refer eligible patients to community-based Diabetes Prevention Programs. Further refinement of the electronic system for facilitating referrals and follow-up of eligible patients should be explored.
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