A Unified System-Wide Electronic Dashboard for Inpatient Glucose Management Across a Large Health System
Authors' conclusion
Implementation of a system-wide electronic dashboard was associated with improved glycemic control, mortality, and LOS. Dashboards can effectively support multidisciplinary collaboration and QI in diverse hospital settings.
Study context
- Population
- Admissions across 7 hospitals (large academic site and 6 community hospitals) within a large health care system, January 2018 to March 2025admissions analysed
- Participants
- 455,303 admissions
- Comparison
- Post-implementation (2023-2025) vs pre-implementation (2018-2022) of a system-wide electronic glucose dashboard
- Outcome
- Patient-days with hypoglycemia (<70 mg/dL)
Methodological detailsmulticentre, 7 hospitals, difference-in-differences analysis by hospital type
- Multicentre
- 7 hospitals
- Difference-in-differences analysis by hospital type
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P < 0.01
Further findings
Patient-days with hyperglycemia (mean >180 mg/dL) · decreased after implementation
P < 0.01
In-hospital mortality · decreased after implementation
P < 0.01
Hospital LOS · decreased after implementation
P < 0.01
- 30-day readmissions to emergency department (ED) and to IP/OBS · 30 days · ED readmissions increased slightly
- P < 0.01
- 30-day readmissions to ED and to IP/OBS · 30 days · IP/OBS readmissions increased slightly
- P = 0.01
Difference-in-differences: community hospitals vs academic site
- Statistically significant reductions in hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia and mortality but increased ED readmissions in community hospitals vs academic
- No differences in length of stay (LOS) or IP/OBS readmission
Original publication
A Unified System-Wide Electronic Dashboard for Inpatient Glucose Management Across a Large Health System. J Diabetes Sci Technol. Published 13 January 2026. doi:10.
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