Electronic Health Record Data Quality and Performance Assessments: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) have an enormous potential to advance medical research and practice through easily accessible and interpretable EHR-derived databases. Attainability of this potential is limited by issues with data quality (DQ) and performance assessment.

Objective

This review aims to streamline the current best practices on EHR DQ and performance assessments as a replicable standard for researchers in the field.

Methods

PubMed was systematically searched for original research articles assessing EHR DQ and performance from inception until May 7, 2023.

Results

Our search yielded 26 original research articles. Most articles had 1 or more significant limitations, including incomplete or inconsistent reporting (n=6, 30%), poor replicabili

SUBMITTER: Penev YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11559435 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature