ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2021
Assessing the feasibility of using an electronic records database system in use in a group of private chiropractic clinics for practice-based research.
Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Suggestions for improving patient safety culture within international chiropractic teaching settings: A qualitative analysis of clinic partner feedback from a mixed method survey.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2025Article
- Generalizability of a Musculoskeletal Therapist Electronic Health Record for Modelling Outcomes to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Electronic Health Records for Predicting Outcomes to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the feasibility of collecting aggregated patient data from the electronic records of a group of private practices and to determine the suitability of the data for comparative effectiveness or other practice-based research (PBR).
methodsAssess the type and quality of healthrelated variables contained in a commercially available electronic records system (Vitalogics) in use in consenting chiropractor's offices. Descriptively analyze baseline patient records to identify demographic variables, vital signs, case types and diagnoses.
resultsOf the 46,000 individual patient records that were analyzed, only a fraction had usable demographic data while more than half contained ICD-9 codes, including records for non-insurance case-types. None contained outcome variables.
conclusionWe did not find that the electronic record system we examined had the types of demographic and outcomes variables that would be useful for comparative effectiveness research. The addition of special fields to code chief complaint and health status indicators not typically included in an electronic records system would be most useful.
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