Identifying Family and Unpaid Caregivers in Electronic Health Records: Descriptive Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most efforts to identify caregivers for research use passive approaches such as self-nomination. We describe an approach in which electronic health records (EHRs) can help identify, recruit, and increase diverse representations of family and other unpaid caregivers.

Objective

Few health systems have implemented systematic processes for identifying caregivers. This study aimed to develop and evaluate an EHR-driven process for identifying veterans likely to have unpaid caregivers in a caregiver survey study. We additionally examined whether there were EHR-derived veteran characteristics associated with veterans having unpaid caregivers.

Methods

We selected EHR home- and community-based referrals suggestive of veterans' need for supportive care from friends or

SUBMITTER: Ma JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature