Making Diabetes Electronic Medical Record Data Actionable: Promoting Benchmarking and Population Health Improvement Using the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Portal.
Ann MungmodeNudrat NoorRuth S WeinstockRoberto IzquierdoJustin A IndykDaniel J DeSalvoSarah CorathersCarla Demeterco-BerggenSusan HsiehLaura M JacobsenAllison MekhoubadHalis Kaan AkturkAnton WirschMary Lauren ScottLily C ChaoBrian MiyazakiFaisal S MalikOsagie EbekozienMark ClementsG Todd AlonsoPublished in: Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association (2022)
This article describes how the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative leverages an innovative web platform, the QI Portal, to gather and store electronic medical record (EMR) data to promote benchmarking and population health improvement in a type 1 diabetes learning health system. The authors explain the value of the QI Portal, the process for mapping center-level data from EMRs using standardized data specifications, and the QI Portal's unique features for advancing population health.