Integration of environmental data into electronic health records for clinical and public health decision making: A viewpoint on expanding development in the United States (Preprint)

Electronic health records are often extracted and combined with environmental data to conduct research or public health surveillance. However, to date, electronic health record systems do not integrate environmental data to aid real-time decisions that could mitigate the health impacts of environmental hazards, including the impacts of climate change. Pursuing this goal requires the enhancement of health record systems and the modification of financial incentives driving healthcare innovation and delivery.