Development of a large urban longitudinal HIV clinical cohort using a web-based platform to merge electronically and manually abstracted data from disparate medical record systems: Technical challenges and innovative solutions

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 635-643

  Greenberg, Alan E ^a   Hays, Harlen ^b   Castel, Amanda D ^a   Subramanian, Thilakavathy ^b   Happ, Lindsey Powers ^a   Jaurretche, Maria ^a   Binkley, Jeff ^b   Kalmin, Mariah M ^a   Wood, Kathy ^b   Hart, Rachel ^b   Benator, Debra ^c   Kumar, Princy ^d   Elion, Richard ^e   Parenti, David ^f   Ruiz, Maria Elena ^g   Wood, Angela ^h   D'Angelo, Lawrence ⁱ   Rakhmanina, Natella ⁱ   Rana, Sohail ^j   Bryant, Maya ^j   Hebou, Annick ^k   Fernandez, Ricardo ^l   Abbott, Stephen ^m   Kharfen, Michael ⁿ   Masur, Henry ^o   more..

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Whitman Walker Health   (United States)

^f George Washington Medical Faculty Associates   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Family and Medical Counseling Service   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Metro Health   (United States)

^l Clinica Del Pueblo   (United States)

^m Unity Health Care   (United States)

ⁿ DC Department of Health   (United States)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cohort; DC Cohort; Electronic medical record; EMR; HIV

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXTRACT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIST; STAFF; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84978975612     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv176     Document Type: Article

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