Med Care. 2013 Aug;51(8 Suppl 3):S1-3. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31829c518f.
The Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum, with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, exists to advance knowledge and practice on the use of electronic clinical data (ECD) for comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research, and quality improvement (QI). The EDM Forum facilitates collaboration between the Prospective Outcome Systems using Patient-specific Electronic data to Compare Tests and therapies, Scalable Distributed Research Network, and Enhanced registry projects funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
This overview describes a second set of papers commissioned by the EDM Forum, published in this supplement to Medical Care. The papers that are included discuss challenges and innovations from the research and QI community using ECD.
The papers in this supplement provide lessons learned based on experiences building transparent, scalable, reusable networks for research and QI. Through these papers, and a new open access e-journal, eGEMs, the EDM Forum is working to advance the science of health research and QI using ECD to improve patient outcomes.
电子数据方法（EDM）论坛在医疗保健研究和质量机构的支持下存在，旨在推进电子临床数据（ECD）在比较效果研究、以患者为中心的结果研究和质量改进（QI）方面的使用的知识和实践。EDM 论坛促进了使用患者特定电子数据来比较测试和治疗的预期结果系统、可扩展分布式研究网络以及医疗保健研究和质量机构资助的增强注册项目之间的合作。
本概述介绍了 EDM 论坛委托的第二组论文，这些论文发表在《医疗保健》增刊上。所包括的论文讨论了使用 ECD 的研究和 QI 社区面临的挑战和创新。
本增刊中的论文提供了基于为研究和 QI 构建透明、可扩展、可重复使用的网络的经验教训。通过这些论文和一个新的开放获取电子期刊 eGEMs，EDM 论坛正在努力推进使用 ECD 改善患者结果的健康研究和 QI 科学。
