Featured Publications
Temporal relationship of computed and structured diagnoses in electronic health record data
Schulz WL, Young HP, Coppi A, Mortazavi BJ, Lin Z, Jean RA, Krumholz HM. Temporal relationship of computed and structured diagnoses in electronic health record data. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making 2021, 21: 61. PMID: 33596898, PMCID: PMC7890604, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01416-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsStructured diagnosisOutpatient blood pressureElectronic health record dataAcademic health systemLow-density lipoproteinHealth record dataBlood pressureStructured data elementsAdministrative claimsHypertensionClinical informationHyperlipidemiaClinical phenotypeEquivalent diagnosisVital signsHealth systemDiagnosisProblem listAdditional studiesHealth recordsRecord dataTimely accessEHR dataPatients
2024
Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records
Brush J, Lu Y, Liu Y, Asher J, Li S, Sawano M, Young P, Schulz W, Anderson M, Burrows J, Krumholz H. Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033253. PMID: 38686864, PMCID: PMC11179912, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsRegional health systemImprove hypertension careHealth systemHealth recordsHypertension careDiastolic blood pressureAge-adjusted prevalence ratesNon-Hispanic Black patientsPrevalence ratesLarger health systemCross-sectional analysisTransformation of medical dataLeveraging real-world dataHigh prevalence rateHypertension trendsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureBlood pressure measurementsHypertension diagnosisPrimary outcomeNational trendsProportion of patientsAntihypertensive medicationsBlack patients
2020
Leveraging the Electronic Health Records for Population Health: A Case Study of Patients With Markedly Elevated Blood Pressure
Lu Y, Huang C, Mahajan S, Schulz WL, Nasir K, Spatz ES, Krumholz HM. Leveraging the Electronic Health Records for Population Health: A Case Study of Patients With Markedly Elevated Blood Pressure. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e015033. PMID: 32200730, PMCID: PMC7428633, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.015033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureElevated blood pressureBlood pressureElectronic health recordsPopulation health surveillanceHealth recordsYale New Haven Health SystemHealth surveillanceHealth systemPatterns of patientsLarge health systemUsual careOutpatient encountersControl ratePatientsCare patternsPopulation healthMonthsHgSurveillancePrevalenceRecordsVisitsCare
2018
Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults
Linderman GC, Lu J, Lu Y, Sun X, Xu W, Nasir K, Schulz W, Jiang L, Krumholz HM. Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e181271-e181271. PMID: 30646115, PMCID: PMC6324286, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureAntihypertensive medicationsMass indexMean (SD) BMIMean (SD) systolic BPIncrease of BPUnit body mass indexPrimary health care sitesComprehensive subgroup analysisMillion Persons ProjectDiastolic blood pressureSubgroup of patientsCross-sectional studyElectronic BP monitorsHealth care sitesSubgroup of individualsUntreated subgroupSubgroup analysisCare sitesBP monitorMAIN OUTCOMEChinese adultsChinese population