The electronic health record as a clinical trials tool: Opportunities and challenges.
Clin Trials
; 17(3): 237-242, 2020 06.
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ABSTRACT
Clinical trials provide evidence essential for progress in health care, and as the complexity of medical care has increased, the demand for such data has dramatically expanded. Conducting clinical trials has also become more complicated, evolving to meet increasing challenges in delivering clinical care and meeting regulatory requirements. Despite this, the general approach to data collection remains the same, requiring that researchers submit clinical data in response to study treatment protocols, using precisely defined data structures made available in study-specific case report forms. Currently, research data management is not integrated within the patient's clinical care record, creating added burden for clinical staff and opportunities for error. During the past decade, the electronic health record has become standard across the US healthcare system and is increasingly used to collect and analyze data reporting quality metrics for clinical care delivery. Recently, electronic health record data have also been used to address clinical research questions; however, this approach has significant drawbacks due to the unstructured and incomplete nature of current electronic health record data. This report describes steps necessary to use the electronic health record as a tool for conducting high-quality clinical research.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto
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Registros Electrónicos de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Trials
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
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TERAPEUTICA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos