Developing Interventions for Overweight and Obese Children using Electronic Health Records Data.

ABSTRACT: Childhood obesity and the resulting co-morbid conditions have become a massive burden for primary caregivers in West Virginia and across the United States. Building culturally sensitive clinical interventions to meet population health needs presents a multi-factorial challenge. Historically it has been is difficult to accurately assess the demographic characteristics of clinic populations. Fortunately, the use of electronic health records (EHR) has created a major shift in clinical documentation and ability to routinely collect essential demographic and clinical data. While data for Meaningful Use under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasingly used to evaluate clinical care and outcomes, use of EHR data outside of the Meaningful Use umbrella has not received sufficien

SUBMITTER: Cochran J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734759 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature