| Literature DB >> 27498067 |
Steven C Bagley1, Russ B Altman2.
Abstract
Electronic medical records (EMR) represent a convenient source of coded medical data, but disease patterns found in EMRs may be biased when compared to surveys based on sampling. In this communication we draw attention to complications that arise when using EMR data to calculate disease prevalence, incidence, age of onset, and disease comorbidity. We review known solutions to these problems and identify challenges for future work.Entities:
Keywords: Bias; Comorbidity; Electronic medical records; Incidence; Prevalence
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27498067 PMCID: PMC6642638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.08.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biomed Inform ISSN: 1532-0464 Impact factor: 6.317