Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Dipak Kalra

Publications

• Research Article
  Assessing the Financial Impact of Reusing Electronic Health Records Data for Clinical Research: Results from the EHR4CR European Project
  Author(s): Danielle Dupont, Ariel Beresniak, Andreas Schmidt, Johann Proeve, Elena Bolanos, Nadir Ammour, Mats Sundgren, Mats Ericson, Dipak Kalra and Georges De MoorDanielle Dupont, Ariel Beresniak, Andreas Schmidt, Johann Proeve, Elena Bolanos, Nadir Ammour, Mats Sundgren, Mats Ericson, Dipak Kalra and Georges De Moor
  
  Background: The new technological platform developed by the Electronic Health Records for Clinical Research (EHR4CR) European research project (2011-2016) has been specially designed to enable the trustworthy reuse of health data contained in hospital-based electronic health records (EHR) for enhancing and speeding up clinical research scenarios. In particular, protocol feasibility assessments, patient identification for recruitment, and clinical data exchange for study conduct, in accordance with data privacy, ethical and legal requirements. The objective of our study was to assess the financial impact of adopting these advanced solutions compared to current practices, from the perspective of the primary sponsors of clinical trials in Europe. Methods: Considering a scalable implementation of EHR4CR solutions in up to 5-10% of Phase II, III and.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7420.1000235

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