Combining electronic health records data from a clinical research network with registry data to examine long-term outcomes of interventions and devices: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the feasibility of assessing long-term outcomes of peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) by linking data from a clinical registry to electronic health records (EHR) data from a clinical research network.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

Vascular Quality Initiative registry linked to INSIGHT Clinical Research Network, which aggregated EHR data from multiple institutions in New York City.

Participants

Patients receiving PVI during 1 January 2013-30 November 2021 in four centres in New York City.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We examined the proportion of registry patients retained in EHR over time and predictors of EHR retention after year 1. We evaluated the implications of EHR attrition by examining amputation-fre

SUBMITTER: Mao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429269 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature