How EHRs Feed The Clinical Research Pipeline

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As healthcare moves gradually from a fee-for-service to a pay-for performance model, it will be judged on how closely clinicians adhere to evidence-based guidelines. The best evidence comes from controlled clinical trials, but since so few treatment protocols are supported by these trials, the movers and shakers in clinical medicine are looking to fill the void by recruiting large groups of subjects willing to enroll in them. Not an easy task. What has surprised many IT managers and clinicians is how valuable EHRs are proving to be in fueling that research effort.


How EHRs Feed The Clinical Research Pipeline