2009-09-18

Once we have electronic medical records implemented, what then?

We, as nation, are in the process of investing several billion dollars into the implementation of electronic health records. If all goes well, there will be a lot of individual data buried in these care systems. This begs the question of what utility, if any, this data has for research whether for genomics, comparative effectiveness research, pharmacovigilance, or public health. The NIH is hosting a conference at the end of October (entitled “Widening the Use of Electronic Health Record Data for Research”) to attempt to answer the question. All are interested parties are invited.

1 comment:

Healthtec Software said...

There is going to be betterment withe the electronic record maintenance.But there are also other worries like the privacy loss,data hacking etc.

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