A pragmatic methodology to extract anesthetic and physiological data from the electronic health record.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Traditional manual methods of extracting anesthetic and physiological data from the electronic health record rely upon visual transcription by a human analyst that can be labor-intensive and prone to error. Technical complexity, relative inexperience in computer coding, and decreased access to data warehouses can deter investigators from obtaining valuable electronic health record data for research studies, especially in under-resourced settings. We therefore aimed to develop, pilot, and demonstrate the effectiveness and utility of a pragmatic data extraction methodology.

Methods

Expired sevoflurane concentration data from the electronic health record transcribed by eye was compared to an intermediate preprocessing method in which the entire anesthetic flowsh

SUBMITTER: Harandi AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922302 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature