Equivalence of electronic health record data for measuring hypertension prevalence: a retrospective comparison to BRFSS with data from two Indiana health systems, 2021

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 1285 - 8
• Main Authors: Allen, Katie S., Stiles, Justin, Daye, Veronica M., Wiensch, Ashley, Valvi, Nimish, Dixon, Brian E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.04.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age groups; Aged; Analysis; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Blood pressure; Chronic conditions; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Demographics; Electronic health records; Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data; Electronic medical records; Electronic records; Equivalence; Estimates; Ethnicity; Female; Gender; Genotype & phenotype; Health surveillance; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypotheses; Indiana - epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical records; Middle Aged; Patients; Phenotypes; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Prevention; Public health; Public health surveillance; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Risk taking; Subpopulations; Surveillance systems; Young Adult; Indiana; United States > US; Public health surveillance; Chronic conditions; Public health

Public health surveillance requires timely access to actionable data at every level. Current approaches for accessing chronic disease surveillance data are not sufficient, and health departments are increasingly looking to augment surveillance efforts using electronic health records (EHRs). While pr...