Current use and costs of electronic health records for clinical trial research: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) may support randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We aimed to describe the current use and costs of EHRs in RCTs, with a focus on recruitment and outcome assessment.

Methods

This descriptive study was based on a PubMed search of RCTs published since 2000 that evaluated any medical intervention with the use of EHRs. Cost information was obtained from RCT investigators who used EHR infrastructures for recruitment or outcome measurement but did not explore EHR technology itself.

Results

We identified 189 RCTs, most of which (153 [81.0%]) were carried out in North America and were published recently (median year 2012 [interquartile range 2009-2014]). Seventeen RCTs (9.0%) involving a median of 732 (interquartile range 73-2513) pa

SUBMITTER: Mc Cord KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375253 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature