Use of Epic Electronic Health Record System for Health Care Research: Scoping Review

Electronic health records (EHRs) enable health data exchange across interconnected systems from varied settings. Epic is among the 5 leading EHR providers and is the most adopted EHR system across the globe. Despite its global reach, there is a gap in the literature detailing how EHR systems such as...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical Internet research Jg. 25; H. 4; S. e51003
Hauptverfasser: Chishtie, Jawad, Sapiro, Natalie, Wiebe, Natalie, Rabatach, Leora, Lorenzetti, Diane, Leung, Alexander A, Rabi, Doreen, Quan, Hude, Eastwood, Cathy A
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 15.12.2023
Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor
JMIR Publications
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biobanks
Clinical decision making
Clinical research
Computerized medical records
Data
Databases, Factual
Decision support systems
Decisions
Electronic Health Records
Electronic records
Electronics
Epic literature
Evidence-based medicine
Health aspects
Health care reform
Health information
Health records
Health sciences
Health services
Health Services Research
Health status
Humans
Information sharing
Medical care
Medical decision making
Medical records
Medical research
Multidisciplinary teams
Population
Quality improvement
Quality management
Quality of care
Research design
Research methodology
Search strategies
Software
United States > US
electronic medical record
Epic
health system
EMR
electronic health record
EHR
health care
research
ISSN:1438-8871, 1439-4456, 1438-8871
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Zusammenfassung:Electronic health records (EHRs) enable health data exchange across interconnected systems from varied settings. Epic is among the 5 leading EHR providers and is the most adopted EHR system across the globe. Despite its global reach, there is a gap in the literature detailing how EHR systems such as Epic have been used for health care research. The objective of this scoping review is to synthesize the available literature on use cases of the Epic EHR for research in various areas of clinical and health sciences. We used established scoping review methods and searched 9 major information repositories, including databases and gray literature sources. To categorize the research data, we developed detailed criteria for 5 major research domains to present the results. We present a comprehensive picture of the method types in 5 research domains. A total of 4669 articles were screened by 2 independent reviewers at each stage, while 206 articles were abstracted. Most studies were from the United States, with a sharp increase in volume from the year 2015 onwards. Most articles focused on clinical care, health services research and clinical decision support. Among research designs, most studies used longitudinal designs, followed by interventional studies implemented at single sites in adult populations. Important facilitators and barriers to the use of Epic and EHRs in general were identified. Important lessons to the use of Epic and other EHRs for research purposes were also synthesized. The Epic EHR provides a wide variety of functions that are helpful toward research in several domains, including clinical and population health, quality improvement, and the development of clinical decision support tools. As Epic is reported to be the most globally adopted EHR, researchers can take advantage of its various system features, including pooled data, integration of modules and developing decision support tools. Such research opportunities afforded by the system can contribute to improving quality of care, building health system efficiencies, and conducting population-level studies. Although this review is limited to the Epic EHR system, the larger lessons are generalizable to other EHRs.
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ISSN:1438-8871
1439-4456
1438-8871
DOI:10.2196/51003