title: Relevance and management of methylation data in electronic health records.
abstract: In this paper we give an overview of challenges and chances of the integration of methylation data into Electronic Health Records. Perspectives of methylation data in terms of clinical relevance and characteristics of these data are shown. Among several standards OpenEHR, HL7 CG and LOINC are identified as starting point for the representation and communication of methylation data within the clinical context.
authors.affiliation: Department for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Georg.Goebel@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goebel
authors.forename: Karl P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schabetsberger
authors.forename: Claudius
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalozy
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fiegl
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leitner
mesh_terms: D019175:DNA Methylation; D033142:Genetic Services; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*