A valuable approach to the use of electronic medical data in primary care research: Panning for gold

被引：9

作者：

Barnett, Stephen ^{[1
,2
]}

Henderson, Joan ^{[3
]}

Hodgkins, Adam ^{[1
,2
]}

Harrison, Christopher ^{[3
]}

Ghosh, Abhijeet ^{[4
]}

Dijkmans-Hadley, Bridget ^{[1
]}

Britt, Helena ^{[3
]}

Bonney, Andrew ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

[2] Illawarra & Southern Practice Res Network, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

[3] Univ Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[4] COORDINARE South Eastern New South Wales Primary, Sydney, NSW, Australia

来源：

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT JOURNAL | 2017年 / 46卷 / 02期

关键词：

electronic health records; data quality; general practice; primary health care; health information management; GENERAL-PRACTICE; FAMILY-PRACTICE; HEALTH RECORD; OUTCOMES; REASONS; ENCOUNTER; MORBIDITY; COMMUNITY; ACCURACY; DOCTORS;

D O I：

10.1177/1833358316669888

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Background: Electronic medical data (EMD) from electronic health records of general practice computer systems have enormous research potential, yet many variables are unreliable. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare selected data variables from general practice EMD with a reliable, representative national dataset (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH)) in order to validate their use for primary care research. Method: EMD variables were compared with encounter data from the nationally representative BEACH program using (2) tests and robust 95% confidence intervals to test their validity (measure what they reportedly measure). The variables focused on for this study were patient age, sex, smoking status and medications prescribed at the visit. Results: The EMD sample from six general practices in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, yielded data on 196,515 patient encounters. Details of 90,553 encounters were recorded in the 2013 BEACH dataset from 924 general practitioners. No significant differences in patient age (p = 0.36) or sex (p = 0.39) were found. EMD had a lower rate of current smokers and higher average scripts per visit, but similar prescribing distribution patterns. Conclusion: Validating EMD variables offers avenues for improving primary care delivery and measuring outcomes of care to inform clinical practice and health policy.

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