Blood Glucose Monitoring in Electronic Health Records

Practices will be encouraged to batch order blood glucose flowsheets for all patients with diabetes with active MyChart accounts. This will allow diabetic patients at these practices to enter any self-monitored glucose measurements. The research team will contact physicians and practice managers with an explanation of the initiative and instructions for completing batch orders and viewing entries through the system. Additionally, providers will be given a template for a secure smart-text message to send to all patients receiving the flowsheets, instructing them to enter data for the study period. The secure message will also provide them with information on how to enter data, and on the benefits of tracking blood glucose.

Patients receive generic biweekly reminders, addressed from Inova Medical Group, to enter glucose measurements in the electronic flowsheets

Patients receive generic biweekly reminders, addressed from Inova Medical Group, to enter glucose measurements in the electronic flowsheets. In these reminders, they will also be notified that that they will be entered to win a $50 gift card for each day entering data.

Patients receive biweekly reminders, addressed from their physician, encouraging them to enter glucose measurements in the electronic flowsheets (Note that though messages will be addressed from physician, they will be sent by Inova IT)