TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Ying AU - Kao, Shih Ling AU - Tai, E-Shyong AU - Wee, Hwee Lin AU - Khoo, Eric Yin Hao AU - Ning, Yilin AU - Salloway, Mark Kevin AU - Deng, Xiaodong AU - Tan, Chuen Seng PY - 2016 DA - 2016/04/08 TI - Utilizing distributional analytics and electronic records to assess timeliness of inpatient blood glucose monitoring in non-critical care wards JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 40 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Regular and timely monitoring of blood glucose (BG) levels in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus is crucial to optimizing inpatient glycaemic control. However, methods to quantify timeliness as a measurement of quality of care are lacking. We propose an analytical approach that utilizes BG measurements from electronic records to assess adherence to an inpatient BG monitoring protocol in hospital wards. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0142-2 DO - 10.1186/s12874-016-0142-2 ID - Chen2016 ER -