Linking Electronic Health Record Prescribing Data and Pharmacy Dispensing Records to Identify Patient-Level Factors Associated With Psychotropic Medication Receipt: Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacoepidemiology studies using electronic health record (EHR) data typically rely on medication prescriptions to determine which patients have received a medication. However, such data do not affirmatively indicate whether these prescriptions have been filled. External dispensing databases can bridge this information gap; however, few established methods exist for linking EHR data and pharmacy dispensing records.

Objective

We described a process for linking EHR prescribing data with pharmacy dispensing records from Surescripts. As a use case, we considered the prescriptions and resulting fills for psychotropic medications among pediatric patients. We evaluated how dispensing information affects identifying patients receiving prescribed medications and assessin

SUBMITTER: Wu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11895725 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature