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Using Phecodes for Research with the Electronic Health Record: From PheWAS to PheRS.
Annual review of biomedical data science - 20 Jul 2021
Bastarache Lisa
Abstract excerpt
Electronic health records (EHRs) are a rich source of data for researchers, but extracting meaningful information out of this highly complex data source is challenging. Phecodes represent one strategy for defining phenotypes for research using EHR data. They are a high-throughput phenotyping tool based on ICD (International Classification of Diseases) codes that can be used to rapidly define the case/control...
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