TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic Medical Records and Their Use in Health Promotion and Population Research of Cardiovascular Disease
AU - Kite, Bobbie J.
AU - Tangasi, Wilkister
AU - Kelley, Marjorie
AU - Bower, Julie K.
AU - Foraker, Randi E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - The primary use of electronic medical records (EMRs) is to record ongoing interaction between patients and the health systems in which they participate. Secondary uses of the EMR continue to emerge providing opportunities for high-quality population health research as well as health promotion efforts. Research and health promotion activities involving the EMR may be passive and/or active. Secondary EMR activities are being focused on improving patient and provider management of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD affects over 30 % of American adults, and the EMR contains information relevant to this multifaceted disease. Secondary EMR use related to CVD research and awareness includes functioning as a data repository, recruiting study participants, building predictive analytics, developing algorithms for disease screening, and delivering disease management tools. Diverse secondary EMR applications have revealed successes, challenges, and limitations highlighting new lessons learned and opportunities in health promotion and population research.
AB - The primary use of electronic medical records (EMRs) is to record ongoing interaction between patients and the health systems in which they participate. Secondary uses of the EMR continue to emerge providing opportunities for high-quality population health research as well as health promotion efforts. Research and health promotion activities involving the EMR may be passive and/or active. Secondary EMR activities are being focused on improving patient and provider management of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD affects over 30 % of American adults, and the EMR contains information relevant to this multifaceted disease. Secondary EMR use related to CVD research and awareness includes functioning as a data repository, recruiting study participants, building predictive analytics, developing algorithms for disease screening, and delivering disease management tools. Diverse secondary EMR applications have revealed successes, challenges, and limitations highlighting new lessons learned and opportunities in health promotion and population research.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Cardiovascular health
KW - EMR active use
KW - EMR passive use
KW - Electronic health records
KW - Electronic medical records
KW - Health promotion
KW - Population research
KW - Risk factors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958163488&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12170-014-0422-5
DO - 10.1007/s12170-014-0422-5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84958163488
SN - 1932-9520
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports
JF - Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 422
ER -