Longitudinal cohorts for harnessing the electronic health record for disease prediction in a US population.
Journal:
BMJ open
Published Date:
Jun 8, 2021
Abstract
PURPOSE: The depth and breadth of clinical data within electronic health record (EHR) systems paired with innovative machine learning methods can be leveraged to identify novel risk factors for complex diseases. However, analysing the EHR is challenging due to complexity and quality of the data. Therefore, we developed large electronic population-based cohorts with comprehensive harmonised and processed EHR data.