Potential bias and lack of generalizability in electronic health record data: reflections on health equity from the National Institutes of Health Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory.
Embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) play a vital role in addressing current population health problems, and their use of electronic health record (EHR) systems promises efficiencies that will increase the speed and volume of relevant and generalizable research. However, as the number of ePCTs using EHR-derived data grows, so does the risk that research will become more vulnerable to biases due to differences in data capture and access to care [...]
Author(s): Boyd, Andrew D, Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa, Lawrence, Katharine, Patil, Crystal L, Ezenwa, Miriam O, O'Brien, Emily C, Paek, Hyung, Braciszewski, Jordan M, Adeyemi, Oluwaseun, Cuthel, Allison M, Darby, Juanita E, Zigler, Christina K, Ho, P Michael, Faurot, Keturah R, Staman, Karen L, Leigh, Jonathan W, Dailey, Dana L, Cheville, Andrea, Del Fiol, Guilherme, Knisely, Mitchell R, Grudzen, Corita R, Marsolo, Keith, Richesson, Rachel L, Schlaeger, Judith M
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocad115