As the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) increases, more opportunities are available for leveraging the system and the data to facilitate research. Historically, for patients enrolled in clinical research trials or studies, data have been documented in the medical record, and then study-related data are manually reentered into an electronic case report form in a research system. By u...

In quantum gravity, one seeks to combine quantum mechanics and general relativity. In attempting to do so, one comes across the ‘problem of time’ impasse: the notion of time is conceptually different in each of these theories. In this paper, I consider the timeless records approach toward resolving this. Records are localized, information-containing subconfigurations of a single instant. Record...

BACKGROUND Geocoding electronic health records (EHRs) provides novel insights for clinicians, but it is important to understand and address key issues, including privacy and protection of patient records, in order to realize potential benefits. METHODS This paper discusses the issues surrounding geocoding and illustrates potential benefits through 3 case studies of no-shows to clinical appoin...

The purpose of this pilot project was to track the electronic health record documentation of pressure ulcers on a medical-surgical unit and compare the electronic health record with the written medical record.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE There are limited national data on pediatric health information technology adoption rates. Our objective was to determine pediatricians' adoption rates of electronic health record systems (EHRs), barriers to adoption, and features of the systems adopted. METHODS A survey of 1620 randomly selected US members of the American Academy of Pediatrics from February to July 2...

In response to mounting evidence that use of electronic medical record systems may cause unintended consequences, and even patient harm, the AMIA Board of Directors convened a Task Force on Usability to examine evidence from the literature and make recommendations. This task force was composed of representatives from both academic settings and vendors of electronic health record (EHR) systems. ...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation’s recordkeeper. NARA is a public trust that safeguards the records of the American people, ensuring the accountability and credibility of their national institutions, while documenting their national experience. Today NARA holds an estimated 4 billion records nationwide. The Archives consists of the permanently valuable recor...