Use of electronic health record data to evaluate overuse of cervical cancer screening

• Published in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA Vol. 19; no. e1; pp. e96 - e101
• Main Authors: Mathias, Jason S, Gossett, Dana, Baker, David W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Group 01.06.2012
• Series: FOCUS on clinical research informatics
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Early Detection of Cancer - utilization; Electronic Health Records; Female; Guideline Adherence; Humans; Middle Aged; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Research and Applications; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Vaginal Smears - economics; Vaginal Smears - utilization

National organizations historically focused on increasing use of effective services are now attempting to identify and discourage use of low-value services. Electronic health records (EHRs) could be used to measure use of low-value services, but few studies have examined this. The aim of the study w...