Comparing automated vs. manual data collection for COVID-specific medications from electronic health records.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Data extraction from electronic health record (EHR) systems occurs through manual abstraction, automated extraction, or a combination of both. While each method has its strengths and weaknesses, both are necessary for retrospective observational research as well as sudden clinical events, like the COVID-19 pandemic. Assessing the strengths, weaknesses, and potentials of these methods is important to continue to understand optimal approaches to extracting clinical data. We set out to assess automated and manual techniques for collecting medication use data in patients with COVID-19 to inform future observational studies that extract data from the electronic health record (EHR).

Materials and methods

For 4,123 COVID-positive patients hospitalized and/or seen in th

SUBMITTER: Yin AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8529289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature