Vijaya M Vemulakonda1, Ruth A Bush2, Michael G Kahn3. 1. Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: Vijaya.Vemulakonda@childrenscolorado.org. 2. Clinical Informatics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; University of San Diego Beyster Institute for Nursing Research, San Diego, CA, USA. 3. Department of Pediatrics, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Research Informatics, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The electronic health record (EHR) was designed as a clinical and administrative tool to improve clinical patient care. Electronic healthcare systems have been successfully adopted across the world through use of government mandates and incentives. METHODS: Using electronic health record, health information system, electronic medical record, health information systems, research, outcomes, pediatric, surgery, and urology as initial search terms, the literature focusing on clinical documentation data capture and the EHR as a potential resource for research related to clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and comparative effectiveness was reviewed. Relevant articles were supplemented by secondary review of article references as well as seminal articles in the field as identified by the senior author. FINDINGS: US federal funding agencies, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration have recognized the EHR's role supporting research. The main approached to using EHR data include enhanced lists, direct data extraction, structured data entry, and unstructured data entry. The EHR's potential to facilitate research, overcoming cost and time burdens associated with traditional data collection, has not resulted in widespread use of EHR-based research tools. CONCLUSION: There are strengths and weaknesses for all existing methodologies of using EHR data to support research. Collaboration is needed to identify the method that best suits the institution for incorporation of research-oriented data collection into routine pediatric urologic clinical practice.
BACKGROUND: The electronic health record (EHR) was designed as a clinical and administrative tool to improve clinical patient care. Electronic healthcare systems have been successfully adopted across the world through use of government mandates and incentives. METHODS: Using electronic health record, health information system, electronic medical record, health information systems, research, outcomes, pediatric, surgery, and urology as initial search terms, the literature focusing on clinical documentation data capture and the EHR as a potential resource for research related to clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and comparative effectiveness was reviewed. Relevant articles were supplemented by secondary review of article references as well as seminal articles in the field as identified by the senior author. FINDINGS: US federal funding agencies, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration have recognized the EHR's role supporting research. The main approached to using EHR data include enhanced lists, direct data extraction, structured data entry, and unstructured data entry. The EHR's potential to facilitate research, overcoming cost and time burdens associated with traditional data collection, has not resulted in widespread use of EHR-based research tools. CONCLUSION: There are strengths and weaknesses for all existing methodologies of using EHR data to support research. Collaboration is needed to identify the method that best suits the institution for incorporation of research-oriented data collection into routine pediatric urologic clinical practice.
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