An initiative using informatics to facilitate clinical research planning and recruitment in the VA health care system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Randomized clinical trials are the gold standard for evaluating healthcare interventions and, more generally, add to the medical knowledge related to the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of diseases and conditions. Recent literature continues to identify health informatics methods that can help improve study efficiency throughout the life cycle of a clinical trial. Electronic medical record (EMR) data provides a mechanism to facilitate clinical trial research during the study planning and execution phases, and ultimately, can be utilized to enhance recruitment. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a strong history of clinical and epidemiological research with over four decades of data collected from Veterans it has served nationwide. The VA Informatics and Comp

SUBMITTER: Velarde KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052195 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature