Large-Scale Study Shows How EHRs Can Advance Clinical Research

A recent study[1] that used electronic health records to analyze data on nearly one million patients demonstrates how health IT can help advance clinical research, InformationWeek[2] reports. Study Details Researchers at MetroHealth Medical Center and Explorys conducted the study -- which was published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association -- to determine the effects of height and weight on blood clots in the lung or leg. For the study, researchers used an Expl...