Using an Electronic Health Record for Research

Pathology of electronic health record from the sociological perspective (qualitative research among health experts in 1398)

Technological progress and changes have affected the field of medicine and health. Also, the electronic health record is used for convenience of treatment, prevention and diagnosis, but it has advantages and disadvantages that we have studied them in this research. Method: Qualitative research methods and Grounded theory  were used for the sociological study of electronic health record, and in...

Merging Electronic Health Record Data and Genomics for Cardiovascular Research

193 Abstract—The process of scientific discovery is rapidly evolving. The funding climate has influenced a favorable shift in scientific discovery toward the use of existing resources such as the electronic health record. The electronic health record enables long-term outlooks on human health and disease, in conjunction with multidimensional phenotypes that include laboratory data, images, vita...

Vancomycin Safety Monitoring Using an Electronic Health Record Database

An electronic health record-enabled obesity database

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of weight loss therapies is commonly measured using body mass index and other obesity-related variables. Although these data are often stored in electronic health records (EHRs) and potentially very accessible, few studies on obesity and weight loss have used data derived from EHRs. We developed processes for obtaining data from the EHR in order to construct a datab...

Electronic health record standards.

OBJECTIVES This paper seeks to provide an overview of the initiatives that are proceeding internationally to develop standards for the exchange of electronic health record (EHR) information between EHR systems. METHODS The paper reviews the clinical and ethico-legal requirements and research background on the representation and communication of EHR data, which primarily originates from Europe...