Electronic Health Records, Medical Research, and the Tower of Babel

Rebecca Kush, Edward D. Helton, Frank W. Rockhold, C. David Hardison

New England Journal of Medicine · 2008 · 88 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

As medical records and research data are increasingly stored electronically, data standards permitting the integration and analysis of such information have become necessary. Progress is being made in developing and disseminating a common data format.