Background Electronic health record (EHR) systems are mentioned in several studies as
tools for improving healthcare quality in developed and develo** nations. However, there …

Objective: To perform a review of recent research in clinical data reuse or secondary use,
and envision future advances in this field. Methods: The review is based on a large literature …

Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are questionnaire measures of patients' symptoms,
functioning, and health-related quality of life. They are designed to provide important clinical …

Objectives To describe the IMI EHR4CR project which is designing and develo**, and
aims to demonstrate, a scalable, widely acceptable and efficient approach to interoperability …

The benefits of reusing EHR data for clinical research studies are numerous. They portend
the opportunity to bring new therapies to patients sooner, potentially at a lower cost, and to …

Background When developed jointly with clinical information systems, clinical data
warehouses (CDWs) facilitate the reuse of healthcare data and leverage clinical research …

Non-used clinical information has negative implications on healthcare quality. Clinicians pay
priority attention to clinical information relevant to their specialties during routine clinical …

Background Computerized clinical trial recruitment support is one promising field for the
application of routine care data for clinical research. The primary task here is to compare the …

Data from the electronic medical record comprise numerous structured but uncoded ele-
ments, which are not linked to standard terminologies. Reuse of such data for secondary …

BACKGROUND: The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) is
accelerating the collection of sensitive clinical data. The availability of these data raises …