Although there are many benefits for doctor offices and other medical establishments to use electronic tools and computers to track patient information and hopefully provide better care, a new study finds that diabetes parents are not helped by all this new technology.

The study determined what I consider to be a pretty obvious conclusion: just changing the tools won't end up providing better care; the context in which those tools are used must change and evolve as well.

This study has a pretty decent amount of data behind it -- as the research included data on the care of 927 diabetic patients in 50 doctor's offices. Interestingly enough, those medical offices that offered electronic medical records actually offered a lower quality of care than those offices that did not offer electronic medical records.