What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to develop a registry for cancer survivors using electronic health records to enhance care delivery.

February 2, 2026The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine0 citationsOpen Access

Identifying Patients with Breast Cancer History Using Epic Electronic Health Record

SFSarah FademRutgers, The State University of New Jersey AAAyana April-SandersRutgers, The State University of New Jersey ABAlicja BatorJohnson University

Key Points

The aim is to develop a registry for cancer survivors using electronic health records to enhance care delivery.
Created specific patient registries from electronic health records.
Tailored the registry to individual practices and clinicians.
Applied the method in a breast cancer survival context.
Improved identification of patients with a history of breast cancer.
Enabled targeted survivorship care for identified patients.

Abstract

This method of creating practice- and clinician-specific cancer survivor patient registries can be applied in other contexts to support the delivery of evidence-based survivorship care.

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