Use of Epic Electronic Health Record System for Health Care Research: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) enable health data exchange across interconnected systems from varied settings. Epic is among the 5 leading EHR providers and is the most adopted EHR system across the globe. Despite its global reach, there is a gap in the literature detailing how EHR systems such as Epic have been used for health care research.

Objective

The objective of this scoping review is to synthesize the available literature on use cases of the Epic EHR for research in various areas of clinical and health sciences.

Methods

We used established scoping review methods and searched 9 major information repositories, including databases and gray literature sources. To categorize the research data, we developed detailed criteria for 5 major research domains

SUBMITTER: Chishtie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature