Use and Customization of Risk Scores for Predicting Cardiovascular Events Using Electronic Health Record Data [Health Services and Outcomes Research]

ConclusionsWe conclude that published cardiovascular risk models can be successfully applied to EHD to estimate cardiovascular risk; the FRS remains valid and is not obsolete; and model refitting does not meaningfully improve the accuracy of risk estimates.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - April 24, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wolfson, J., Vock, D. M., Bandyopadhyay, S., Kottke, T., Vazquez-Benitez, G., Johnson, P., Adomavicius, G., O'Connor, P. J. Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors, Quality and Outcomes Original Research Source Type: research