Missing clinical and behavioral health data in a large electronic health record (EHR) system

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1143-1149

  Madden, Jeanne M ^a,b   Lakoma, Matthew D ^b   Rusinak, Donna ^b   Lu, Christine Y ^b   Soumerai, Stephen B ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health care systems; Health information exchange; Mental disorders; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; AMBULATORY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994691832     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocw021     Document Type: Article

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