Bridging the gap between clinical practice and public health: Using EHR data to assess trends in the seasonality of blood-pressure control

Bridging the gap between clinical practice and public health: Using EHR data to assess trends in the seasonality of blood-pressure control

Electronic health records (EHRs) provide timely access to millions of patient data records while limiting errors associated with manual data extraction. To demonstrate these advantages of EHRs to public health practice, we examine the ability of a EHR calculated blood-pressure (BP) measure to replic...

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Main Authors: Aurora O. Amoah, Sonia Y. Angell, Hannah Byrnes-Enoch, Sam Amirfar, Phoenix Maa, Jason J. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Subjects:
Quality measures
Electronic health records
Healthcare quality
Chronic disease
Blood pressure control
Seasonal variation
Primary care
Public health
Population health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335517300700

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