Harnessing electronic medical records to advance research on multiple sclerosis.

Journal: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Electronic medical records (EMR) data are increasingly used in research, but no studies have yet evaluated similarity between EMR and research-quality data and between characteristics of an EMR multiple sclerosis (MS) population and known natural MS history.

Authors

  • Vincent Damotte
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Antoine Lizée
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA/Université de Nantes, INSERM, UMR 1064, ATIP-Avenir, Equipe 5 Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, Nantes, France.
  • Matthew Tremblay
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA/Department of Neurology, John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
  • Alisha Agrawal
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Pouya Khankhanian
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA/Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Adam Santaniello
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Refujia Gomez
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Robin Lincoln
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Wendy Tang
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Tiffany Chen
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Nelson Lee
    Information Technology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Pablo Villoslada
    August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Jill A Hollenbach
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Carolyn D Bevan
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Jennifer Graves
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Riley Bove
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Douglas S Goodin
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Ari J Green
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Sergio E Baranzini
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Bruce Ac Cree
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Roland G Henry
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Stephen L Hauser
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Jeffrey M Gelfand
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Pierre-Antoine Gourraud
    MS Genetics, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA/Université de Nantes, INSERM, UMR 1064, ATIP-Avenir, Equipe 5 Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, Nantes, France.