SHARP researchers develop tools to identify, sort data from many EHRs

Researchers from a project led by the Mayo Clinic are close to finishing a set of computer tools that can identify and sort digital health information from an electronic health record (EHR) no matter what file format and data organization are used.

The tools are central to the Mayo Clinic-led project to promote the secondary use of electronic health record data while maintaining privacy and security. Its research seeks to safely and securely convert stores of EHRs into a pool of real-world clinical knowledge, according to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in a July 12 announcement....

...The development is part of the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) program that is funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. The SHARP projects are designed to promote breakthrough research and innovative methods to overcome hurdles in health IT.