Analysis of family health history based risk assessment algorithms: classification and data requirements
Ranade-Kharkar, P.; Del Fiol, G.; Williams, J.L.; Hulse, N.C.; Haug, P.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 192: 1205
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365 PMID: 23920979 Document Number: 668605
Family Health History (FHH) is a valuable and potentially low-cost tool for risk assessment and diagnosis in patient-centered healthcare. In this study, we identified and analyzed existing FHH-based risk assessment algorithms (RAAs) for cardio-vascular disease (CVD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) to guide implementers of electronic health record (EHR) systems regarding the data requirements for computing risk using these algorithms. We found a core set of data elements that are required by most RAAs. While some of these data are available in EHR systems, the patients can be empowered to contribute the remainder.