Data extraction from a semi-structured electronic medical record system for outpatients: a model to facilitate the access and use of data for quality control and research.

The use of clinical data from electronic medical records (EMRs) for clinical research and for evaluation of quality of care requires an extraction process. Many efforts have failed because the extracted data seemed to be unstructured, incomplete and ridden by errors. We have developed and tested a c...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Health Informatics Journal Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 305 - 320
Autores principales: Kristianson KJ, Ljunggren H, Gustafsson LL
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Dec2009
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105278048&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 105278048
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        14604582
        EJK
      jtl: Health Informatics Journal
      issn: 14604582
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Dec2009
      vid: 15
      iid: 4
      pid: 344
      pub: Sage Publications Inc.
      place: Thousand Oaks, California
    artinfo:
      ui:
        105278048
        46737788
        2010520070
        10.1177/1460458209345889
        NLM20007655
        105278048
      ppf: 305
      ppct: 15
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Data extraction from a semi-structured electronic medical record system for outpatients: a model to facilitate the access and use of data for quality control and research.
      aug:
        au:
          Kristianson KJ
          Ljunggren H
          Gustafsson LL
        affil: Division of Clinical Pharmacology Department of Laboratory Medicine Karolinska Institute Karolinska University Hospital SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden; Krister@Kristianson.com
      sug:
        subj:
          Clinical Information Systems Utilization
          Clinical Research
          Data Management
          Data Analysis
          Database Management Software
          Evaluation Research
          Funding Source
          In Vitro Studies
          Management Information Systems
          Quality Assurance
          Quality Control (Technology)
      ab: The use of clinical data from electronic medical records (EMRs) for clinical research and for evaluation of quality of care requires an extraction process. Many efforts have failed because the extracted data seemed to be unstructured, incomplete and ridden by errors. We have developed and tested a concept of extracting semi-structured EMRs (Journal III®, Profdoc®) data from 776 diabetes patients in a general practice clinic over a 5 year period. We used standard database management techniques commonly applied in clinical research in the pharmaceutical industry to clean up the data and make the data available for statistical analysis. The key problem was difficulties locating the data, as no standard way to enter the data in the EMR system was reinforced. Furthermore, no built-in edit checks to facilitate data entry were available. Laboratory, drug information and diagnostic data could be used directly while other data such as vital signs required much work to locate and become useful.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N