Integrating electronic health record information to support integrated care: Practical application of ontologies to improve the accuracy of diabetes disease registers

摘要

Background: Information in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are being promoted for use in clinical decision support, patient registers, measurement and improvement of integration and quality of care, and translational research. To do this EHR-derived data product creators need to logically integrate patient data with information and knowledge from diverse sources and contexts.