Tag: EHR
A Standardized Mega-Biobank Phenomic Library From The Million Veteran Program
Often International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes are used as a proxy for clinical phenotypes, however their intended purpose is for billing, determining treatment, and statistics collection and therefore may not always be the best representation of phenotype. Initiatives...
Mapping Existing Biobank Data To EHR Common Data Model Not Clean Or Straightforward
The Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model (OMOP CDM) information synthesis approach transforms data contained within electronic health records (EHR) and other medical databases into a common format with a common terminology, vocabulary, and coding scheme. This should...
Sleep Medicine Structured Clinical Documentation And Implementation Toolkit
Quality of sleep and disorders thereof have been difficult to quantitate in a comparable manner needed for investigation of effective interventions. Electronic health records (EHR/ EMRs), mobile devices and wearables could remove that barrier. An effective modern EHR should...
Regeneron Confirms New Chronic Liver Disease Drug Target Using Biobank Data
For the first time Regeneron has reported a variant in the HSD17B13 gene that is associated with reduced risk of, in other words protection from, various chronic liver diseases for which there are currently no approved therapeutics . The...
