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Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research
Oncology outcomes research could benefit from the use of an oncology-specific electronic medical record (EMR) network. The benefits and challenges of using EMR in general health research have been investigated; however, the utility of EMR for oncology outcomes research has not been explored. Compare...
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Dove Medical Press
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21935310 |
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author | Kanas, Gena Morimoto, Libby Mowat, Fionna O’Malley, Cynthia Fryzek, Jon Nordyke, Robert |
author_facet | Kanas, Gena Morimoto, Libby Mowat, Fionna O’Malley, Cynthia Fryzek, Jon Nordyke, Robert |
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description | Oncology outcomes research could benefit from the use of an oncology-specific electronic medical record (EMR) network. The benefits and challenges of using EMR in general health research have been investigated; however, the utility of EMR for oncology outcomes research has not been explored. Compared to current available oncology databases and registries, an oncology-specific EMR could provide comprehensive and accurate information on clinical diagnoses, personal and medical histories, planned and actual treatment regimens, and post-treatment outcomes, to address research questions from patients, policy makers, the pharmaceutical industry, and clinicians/researchers. Specific challenges related to structural (eg, interoperability, data format/entry), clinical (eg, maintenance and continuity of records, variety of coding schemes), and research-related (eg, missing data, generalizability, privacy) issues must be addressed when building an oncology-specific EMR system. Researchers should engage with medical professional groups to guide development of EMR systems that would ultimately help improve the quality of cancer care through oncology outcomes research. |
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spelling | pubmed-31699562011-09-20 Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research Kanas, Gena Morimoto, Libby Mowat, Fionna O’Malley, Cynthia Fryzek, Jon Nordyke, Robert Clinicoecon Outcomes Res Perspectives Oncology outcomes research could benefit from the use of an oncology-specific electronic medical record (EMR) network. The benefits and challenges of using EMR in general health research have been investigated; however, the utility of EMR for oncology outcomes research has not been explored. Compared to current available oncology databases and registries, an oncology-specific EMR could provide comprehensive and accurate information on clinical diagnoses, personal and medical histories, planned and actual treatment regimens, and post-treatment outcomes, to address research questions from patients, policy makers, the pharmaceutical industry, and clinicians/researchers. Specific challenges related to structural (eg, interoperability, data format/entry), clinical (eg, maintenance and continuity of records, variety of coding schemes), and research-related (eg, missing data, generalizability, privacy) issues must be addressed when building an oncology-specific EMR system. Researchers should engage with medical professional groups to guide development of EMR systems that would ultimately help improve the quality of cancer care through oncology outcomes research. Dove Medical Press 2010-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3169956/ /pubmed/21935310 Text en © 2010 Kanas et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspectives Kanas, Gena Morimoto, Libby Mowat, Fionna O’Malley, Cynthia Fryzek, Jon Nordyke, Robert Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
title | Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
title_full | Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
title_fullStr | Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
title_short | Use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
title_sort | use of electronic medical records in oncology outcomes research |
topic | Perspectives |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21935310 |
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