title: Protocol feasibility workflow using an automated multi-country patient cohort system.
abstract: The Electronic Health Record for Clinical Research (EHR4CR) project aims to improve the current process of clinical trials, providing a technological platform that supports the design and execution of trials. For the protocol feasibility scenario, the system currently allows the user to create a set of in-/exclusion criteria to find patients matching these criteria across sites located in several countries. The automated multi-country patient cohort system developed in EHR4CR implies substantial changes on the current protocol feasibility process, which will be reflected in this study.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Iñaki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soto-Rey
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trinczek
authors.affiliation: Coordination Centre for Clinical Trials, Medical Faculty at the Heinrich-Heine-University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Töresin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karakoyun
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dugas
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Fleur
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fritz
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D057225:Data Mining / Q000379:methods*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D038622:Internationality; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D018579:Patient Selection; D057188:Workflow