Can we understand population healthcare needs using electronic medical records?

CONCLUSION: Pre-existing EMR systems may not capture sufficient information for reliable determination of healthcare needs. Thus, we should consider integrating policy-relevant healthcare need variables into EMRs.
PMID: 30644525 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Singapore Medical Journal - January 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chong JL, Low LL, Chan DYL, Shen Y, Thin TN, Ong MEH, Matchar DB Tags: Singapore Med J Source Type: research