Patient perspectives on use of electronic health records for research recruitment

• DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0686-z
• Publication Date: 2019-02-26T12:05:33Z
• Authors: Laura M. Beskow; Kathleen M. Brels...; Catherine M. Hammack
• Keywords: Opt-out; Patient Participation

EHR phenotyping offers the ability to rapidly assemble a precisely defined cohort of patients prescreened for eligibility participate in health-related research. Even so, stakeholders process must still contend with practical and ethical challenges associated research recruitment. Patient perspectives on these matters are particularly important given that success recruitment depends patients' willingness participate.