Electronic Health Records as Valuable Data Sources in the Health Care Quality Improvement Process

• Main Authors: Katja Wikström (Author), Maija Toivakka (Author), Päivi Rautiainen (Author), Hilkka Tirkkonen (Author), Teppo Repo (Author), Tiina Laatikainen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In North Karelia, Finland, the regional electronic health records (EHRs) enable flexible data retrieval and area-level analyses. The aim of this study was to assess the early detection of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the region and to evaluate the performed activities in order to improve the...