Methods of defining hypertension in electronic medical records: validation against national survey data | Zendy

Mingkai Peng | Zendy; Guanmin Chen | Zendy; Gilaad G. Kaplan | Zendy; Lisa M. Lix | Zendy; Neil Drummond | Zendy; Kelsey Lucyk | Zendy; Stephanie Garies | Zendy; Mark Lowerison | Zendy; Samuel Weibe | Zendy; Hude Quan | Zendy

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Methods of defining hypertension in electronic medical records: validation against national survey data

Author(s) -

Mingkai Peng,

Guanmin Chen,

Gilaad G. Kaplan,

Lisa M. Lix,

Neil Drummond,

Kelsey Lucyk,

Stephanie Garies,

Mark Lowerison,

Samuel Weibe,

Hude Quan

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv155

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , medical prescription , medical record , diagnosis code , antihypertensive drug , prevalence , emergency medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , epidemiology , environmental health , population , pharmacology

Electronic medical records (EMR) can be a cost-effective source for hypertension surveillance. However, diagnosis of hypertension in EMR is commonly under-coded and warrants the needs to review blood pressure and antihypertensive drugs for hypertension case identification.

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