Electronic Health Records, Medical Research, and the Tower of Babel
Author(s) -
Rebecca Kush,
Edward D. Helton,
Frank W. Rockhold,
C. David Hardison
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsb0800209
Subject(s) - medicine , tower of babel , dissemination , health records , information dissemination , medical record , data science , world wide web , internet privacy , computer science , health care , telecommunications , surgery , archaeology , economics , history , economic growth
As medical records and research data are increasingly stored electronically, data standards permitting the integration and analysis of such information have become necessary. Progress is being made in developing and disseminating a common data format.
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