Faraz S. Ahmad, Cheeling Chan, Marc B. Rosenman, Wendy S. Post, Daniel G. Fort, Philip Greenland, Kiang J. Liu, Abel N. Kho, and Norrina B. Allen
The authors sought to understand the degree of agreement of electronic data research networks as compared to data collected by standardized research approaches in a cohort study. The comparisons were made by linking data from MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), a community-based cohort, with EHR’s from six Chicago-area hospitals. Ultimately, nearly 70 percent had data in both systems and demonstrated mixed results. For some measurements, such as BMI, the correlations between the MESA and EHR data were quite high. For others, such as systolic blood pressure, the correlation coefficient was only 0.39.
