Efficient Surveillance of Childhood Diabetes Using Electronic Health Record Data

Traditional surveillance methods, such as registries that require manual validation of every diabetes case or questionnaires, are resource intensive and associated with considerable delay in reporting results. An EHR-based surveillance system may be more efficient for sustained monitoring of the incidence and prevalence of childhood diabetes, so as to inform health care needs for this growing population.

Objective

The study goal was to develop an efficient surveillance approach for childhood diabetes across two large Southeastern US public academic health care systems, using electronic health record (EHR) data.