Development of an algorithm to link electronic health record prescriptions with pharmacy dispense claims.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Medication adherence is an important aspect of chronic disease management. Electronic health record (EHR) data are often not linked to dispensing data, limiting clinicians' understanding of which of their patients fill their medications, and how to tailor care appropriately. We aimed to develop an algorithm to link EHR prescribing to claims-based dispensing data and use the results to quantify how often patients with diabetes filled prescribed chronic disease medications.

Materials and methods

We developed an algorithm linking EHR prescribing data (RxNorm terminology) to claims-based dispensing data (NDC terminology), within sample of adult (19-64) community health center (CHC) patients with diabetes from a network of CHCs across 12 states. We demonstrate an applic

SUBMITTER: Hoopes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6188526 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature