Michael Klompas1, Noelle M Cocoros1, John T Menchaca1, Diana Erani1, Ellen Hafer1, Brian Herrick1, Mark Josephson1, Michael Lee1, Michelle D Payne Weiss1, Bob Zambarano1, Karen R Eberhardt1, Jessica Malenfant1, Laura Nasuti1, Thomas Land1. 1. Michael Klompas, Noelle M. Cocoros, John T. Menchaca, and Jessica Malenfant are with the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA. Diana Erani, Ellen Hafer, and Mark Josephson are with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Boston. Brian Herrick and Michelle D. Payne Weiss are with Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA. Michael Lee is with Atrius Health, Boston. Bob Zambarano and Karen R. Eberhardt are with Commonwealth Informatics Inc, Waltham, MA. Laura Nasuti and Thomas Land are with the Office of Data Management and Outcomes Assessment, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of chronic disease surveillance using distributed analysis of electronic health records and to compare results with Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) state and small-area estimates. METHODS: We queried the electronic health records of 3 independent Massachusetts-based practice groups using a distributed analysis tool called MDPHnet to measure the prevalence of diabetes, asthma, smoking, hypertension, and obesity in adults for the state and 13 cities. We adjusted observed rates for age, gender, and race/ethnicity relative to census data and compared them with BRFSS state and small-area estimates. RESULTS: The MDPHnet population under surveillance included 1 073 545 adults (21.8% of the state adult population). MDPHnet and BRFSS state-level estimates were similar: 9.4% versus 9.7% for diabetes, 10.0% versus 12.0% for asthma, 13.5% versus 14.7% for smoking, 26.3% versus 29.6% for hypertension, and 22.8% versus 23.8% for obesity. Correlation coefficients for MDPHnet versus BRFSS small-area estimates ranged from 0.890 for diabetes to 0.646 for obesity. CONCLUSIONS: Chronic disease surveillance using electronic health record data is feasible and generates estimates comparable with BRFSS state and small-area estimates.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of chronic disease surveillance using distributed analysis of electronic health records and to compare results with Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) state and small-area estimates. METHODS: We queried the electronic health records of 3 independent Massachusetts-based practice groups using a distributed analysis tool called MDPHnet to measure the prevalence of diabetes, asthma, smoking, hypertension, and obesity in adults for the state and 13 cities. We adjusted observed rates for age, gender, and race/ethnicity relative to census data and compared them with BRFSS state and small-area estimates. RESULTS: The MDPHnet population under surveillance included 1 073 545 adults (21.8% of the state adult population). MDPHnet and BRFSS state-level estimates were similar: 9.4% versus 9.7% for diabetes, 10.0% versus 12.0% for asthma, 13.5% versus 14.7% for smoking, 26.3% versus 29.6% for hypertension, and 22.8% versus 23.8% for obesity. Correlation coefficients for MDPHnet versus BRFSS small-area estimates ranged from 0.890 for diabetes to 0.646 for obesity. CONCLUSIONS:Chronic disease surveillance using electronic health record data is feasible and generates estimates comparable with BRFSS state and small-area estimates.
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