Guided Notes
Healthcare Data Sources
EHR clinical data, claims, pharmacy, lab, registries, surveys, public data sets, devices and social determinants — what each contains, strengths and limitations.
Clinical (EHR) data
Slide 1 / 5Generated during care: demographics, encounters, diagnoses, problem lists, vitals, labs, medications, orders, procedures, notes, scheduling. • Strengths: clinically rich (lab values, vitals), timely, detailed. • Limitations: only what happens inside that organization; much is free text; documentation varies; data models are complex; data may need cleaning (test patients, duplicates, units).