Using Electronic Health Records to Examine Disease Risk in Small Populations: Obesity Among American Indian Children, Wisconsin, 2007-2012
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Description
Examines use of the Public Health Information Exchange (PHINEX) to describe obesity among Wisconsin American Indian children seeking care off-reservation. Also discusses usefulness of electronic health records as an alternative to other data collection methods when studying disease risk in a small population.
Author(s)
Emily J. Tomayko, Bethany A. Weinert, Liz Godfrey, Alexandra K. Adams, Lawrence P. Hanrahan
Citation
Preventing Chronic Disease, 13
Date
02/2016
Tagged as
Children and youth
· Health information technology
· Obesity and weight control
· Tribal communities
· Wisconsin