Cleveland, Ohio
Recent data from Cleveland—one of RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality communities—show that patients with diabetes who are cared for by doctors who use EHRs received all the recommended care for their condition 51 percent of the time, compared with just seven percent of the time for those with paper records. The brief is the first in a series demonstrating how providers in communities are responding to legislation affecting health care.
As physicians nationwide increase their use of electronic health records (EHRs), this brief from the Robert Wood Johnson...
Read a recent oped by Randall D. Cebul, M.D., Project Director for Better Health Greater Cleveland. "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is certainly a contentious topic in American politics, but the provision that encourages doctors to better utilize electronic health records (EHRs) should be widely supported. EHRs allow health care professionals to easily assess your medical history, order and review needed tests, monitor results over...
Keeping diabetes under control requires a lot of effort outside the doctor’s office. The Cleveland AF4Q Alliance reached out to consumers with diabetes education events held at a grocery store in a neighborhood with a large population of Puerto Rican Hispanics, who are at higher risk for diabetes. The outreach events garnered substantial local media attention, and community partners were quick to participate. The event promoted a significant increase in visits to the Alliance’s public reporting site, which also includes Spanish and English versions of healthy recipes and tips...
.JPG)
Cleveland Aligning Forces for Quality (Cleveland AF4Q) is led by Better Health Greater Cleveland, an alliance of providers, patients, purchasers, and health plans. Established in 2007, the mission of the nonprofit collaborative is to improve the health and value of health care provided to people with chronic medical conditions in Northeast Ohio. Through its growing number of clinical partners, Better Health reaches more than 70% of the chronically ill in Cuyahoga County.