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Agreement and validity of electronic health record prescribing data relative to pharmacy claims data: A validation study from a US electronic health record database.

Christopher G RowanJames FloryTobias GerhardJohn K CuddebackNikita StempniewiczJames D LewisSean Hennessy
Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2017)
Despite substantial variability among different medications, there was very good agreement between EHR-Rx data and PC-Rx data. To maximize the validity of classifying medication exposure with EHR prescribing data, researchers may consider using longer MEPs (eg, 12 months) and potentially require multiple EHR-Rxs to classify baseline medication exposure.
Keyphrases
  • electronic health record
  • adverse drug
  • clinical decision support
  • primary care
  • health insurance
  • machine learning
  • artificial intelligence
  • big data
  • deep learning
  • drug induced