Challenges and Opportunities for Secondary Use of Observational Data Following an EHR Transition

Michael E Matheny^{1

2

3}, Hannah M Gelman^{4

5}, Maria Souden^{4

5}, Zhenyu Lu⁶, Scott L DuVall^{6

7}, Margaret E Gonsoulin⁸

Affiliations

¹ VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System VA, Nashville, TN, USA. Michael.Matheny@va.gov.
² Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Service, TVHS VA, Nashville, TN, USA. Michael.Matheny@va.gov.
³ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Michael.Matheny@va.gov.
⁴ VA Information Resource Center, VA Office of Research & Development (ORD), Hines, IL, USA.
⁵ VA ORD Strategic Initiative for Research and EHR Synergy (OSIRES), Hines, IL, USA.
⁶ VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁸ VA Electronic Health Record Modernization- Integration Office, Washington, DC, USA.

Editorial

Michael E Matheny et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;38(Suppl 4):943-945.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08330-0.

Michael E Matheny^{1

2

3}, Hannah M Gelman^{4

5}, Maria Souden^{4

5}, Zhenyu Lu⁶, Scott L DuVall^{6

7}, Margaret E Gonsoulin⁸

¹ VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System VA, Nashville, TN, USA. Michael.Matheny@va.gov.
² Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Service, TVHS VA, Nashville, TN, USA. Michael.Matheny@va.gov.
³ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Michael.Matheny@va.gov.
⁴ VA Information Resource Center, VA Office of Research & Development (ORD), Hines, IL, USA.
⁵ VA ORD Strategic Initiative for Research and EHR Synergy (OSIRES), Hines, IL, USA.
⁶ VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁸ VA Electronic Health Record Modernization- Integration Office, Washington, DC, USA.

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