Impact of a “Chart Closure” Hard Stop Alert on Prescribing for Elevated Blood Pressures Among Patients With Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Study

Magaly Ramirez   ¹ , PhD ;   Kimberly Chen   ² , MSN, RN-BC ;   Robert W Follett   ² , BS ;   Carol M Mangione   ^{3, 4} , MD, MSPH ;   Gerardo Moreno   ⁵ , MD, MSHS ;   Douglas S Bell   ³ , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

² Clinical Informatics, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States

³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States