This chapter describes diverse electronic health data categories that can be used for secondary purposes, explores their backgrounds, and highlights associated advantages and challenges. The evolving landscape of digital technologies for health has given rise to various opportunities to collect several types of data. An analysis of the most used categories is summarized, while the descriptions available throughout the chapter show their diversity and significance, mainly in advancing healthcare research and practice.

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Electronic Health Data Categories

  • Fidelia Cascini

摘要

This chapter describes diverse electronic health data categories that can be used for secondary purposes, explores their backgrounds, and highlights associated advantages and challenges. The evolving landscape of digital technologies for health has given rise to various opportunities to collect several types of data. An analysis of the most used categories is summarized, while the descriptions available throughout the chapter show their diversity and significance, mainly in advancing healthcare research and practice.