2021
Leveraging a health information exchange for analyses of COVID-19 outcomes including an example application using smoking history and mortality
Tortolero G, Brown M, Sharma S, de Oliveira Otto M, Yamal J, Aguilar D, Gunther M, Mofleh D, Harris R, John J, de Vries P, Ramphul R, Serbo D, Kiger J, Banerjee D, Bonvino N, Merchant A, Clifford W, Mikhail J, Xu H, Murphy R, Wei Q, Vahidy F, Morrison A, Boerwinkle E. Leveraging a health information exchange for analyses of COVID-19 outcomes including an example application using smoking history and mortality. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247235. PMID: 34081724, PMCID: PMC8174716, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCOVID-19 patientsRisk factorsTobacco useCOVID-19 fatalitiesHealth information exchangeRace/ethnicityCOVID-19Laboratory risk factorsNumber of comorbiditiesCOVID-19 cohortMultivariable logistic regressionImportant risk factorPotential risk factorsCOVID-19 outcomesFormer tobacco usersTobacco use historyLarge health information exchangeMass indexElectronic health record systemsUnfavorable outcomeClinical dataTobacco usersOutcome analysisElectronic health information
2014
Validating drug repurposing signals using electronic health records: a case study of metformin associated with reduced cancer mortality
Xu H, Aldrich M, Chen Q, Liu H, Peterson N, Dai Q, Levy M, Shah A, Han X, Ruan X, Jiang M, Li Y, St Julien J, Warner J, Friedman C, Roden D, Denny J. Validating drug repurposing signals using electronic health records: a case study of metformin associated with reduced cancer mortality. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2014, 22: 179-191. PMID: 25053577, PMCID: PMC4433365, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetes patientsElectronic health recordsCancer patientsCancer mortalityDiabetes patientsEHR dataNon-diabetic cancer patientsCox proportional hazards modelDrug exposure informationOral hypoglycemic medicationsCharlson Comorbidity IndexNon-diabetic patientsUse of metforminCancer diagnosisHealth recordsSite-specific cancersBody mass indexProportional hazards modelVanderbilt University Medical CenterUniversity Medical CenterLarge electronic health recordHypoglycemic medicationsCause mortalityComorbidity indexInsulin use