Electronic Patient Records and Clinical Research

C. Safran

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638024

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 1995; 04(01): 98-102
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638024

Review Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Electronic Patient Records and Clinical Research

Authors

C. Safran

¹Center for Clinical Computing, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Abstract

Abstract:

The digitalization of patient records promises clinicians researchers, health administrators, and politicians new tools to transform data into information, information into knowledge, and perhaps even knowledge into wisdom. This paper will review the status of clinical databases that can be derived from electronic patient records, discuss how databases derived from routine clinical care are being used, and outline the pitfalls and limitations of using electronic patient records for clinical research.

Keywords:

Computer-based Patient Records - Clinical Data Analysis

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