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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012

How the continuity of care document can advance medical research and public health.

John D D'Amore, Dean F Sittig, Roberta B Ness

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Article in American journal of public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John D D'AmoreSchool of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA. john.d.damore@uth.tmc
Dean F Sittig
Roberta B Ness

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic health records in the United States currently isolate digital information in proprietary, institutional databases. Experts have identified inadequate data exchange as a leading challenge to advancements in care quality and efficiency. Recent federal health information technology incentives adopt an extensible standard, called the Continuity of Care Document (CCD), as a new basis for digital interoperability. Although this instrument was designed for individual provider communications, the CCD can be effectively reused for population-based research and public health. Three examples in this commentary demonstrate the potential of CCD aggregation and highlight required changes to existing public health and research practices. Transitioning to the use of this new interoperability standard should be a priority for public health investment, research, and development.

Indexed as

Continuity of Patient CareData CollectionDeath CertificatesHumansInformation SystemsMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedSentinel SurveillanceUnited States

Identifiers

PMID22420795
PMCPMC3483927

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