Efficient identification of patients eligible for clinical studies using case-based reasoning on Scottish Health Research register (SHARE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trials often struggle to achieve their target sample size with only half doing so. Some researchers have turned to Electronic Health Records (EHRs), seeking a more efficient way of recruitment. The Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE) obtained patients' consent for their EHRs to be used as a searching base from which researchers can find potential participants. However, due to the fact that EHR data is not complete, sufficient or accurate, a database search strategy may not generate the best case-finding result. The current study aims to evaluate the performance of a case-based reasoning method in identifying participants for population-based clinical studies recruiting through SHARE, and assess the difference between its resultant cohort and the original one derivi

SUBMITTER: Shi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7169032 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature