Kaiser Permanente Download Medical Records
Alexandrina Burbidge
Severe episodes of hypoglycemia occur far more often than is captured in electronic medical records, according to research published today in a JAMA Internal Medicine research letter by Kaiser Permanente and Yale School of Medicine researchers.
Kaiser Permanente (KP) has a long history with SNOMED CT, dating back to the 1990s when they collaborated with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) on the development of SNOMED RT (Reference Terminology). KP was also one of the first healthcare organizations to implement a SNOMED CT enabled health record (EHR). KP HealthConnect (KPHC), Kaiser Permanente's enterprise electronic medical record, was developed by Epic and hosts the records of over 10 million patients.3KPHC uses a set of clinician and patient friendly terminologies, collectively known as the Convergent Medical Terminology (CMT), with SNOMED CT as its core reference terminology.4KP has made their contributions to SNOMED CT available to the broader community by donating CMT to SNOMED International and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
FILE - A Kaiser Permanente medical center is seen in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 2, 2021. Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health care giant illegally disposed of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials and medical waste, including blood and body parts, in dumpsters headed to local landfills, authorities said Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health care giant illegally disposed of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials and medical waste, including blood and body parts, in dumpsters headed to local landfills, authorities said Friday
In 2021, the federal government sued Kaiser Permanente, alleging the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records in order to receive higher reimbursements.
Data from electronic medical records and other health plan databases are also available for cohort members. Databases are standardized across the KP regions and include enrollment, demographics, procedures, diagnoses, medical encounters, pharmacy, vital signs, and census variables.
As the medical record becomes more automated, it will be used more frequently in epidemiological studies. Knowledge of its limitations is crucial in both the design and interpretation of studies. This study allows researchers who obtain data from medical records to estimate the degree of misclassification resulting from missing information on family history. It should be kept in mind that the amount of missing information in our population may be different from that in other populations because these women are long-time members of the health maintenance organization. This study also emphasizes the need to assess the impact of past screening differences and health plan utilization differences on exposure ascertainment from the medical record in analytical studies of cancers for which screening is available.
The data came from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which collects patient medical information from 8 health systems (5 Kaiser Permanente regions along with Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin, HealthPartners in Minneapolis, and Denver Health in Colorado). The researchers examined patient records from June 2022 to March 2023 for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
The Pediatrics study marks the first analysis looking for serious side effects from the mRNA vaccines in young children. The study examined medical records for 23 serious potential side effects, including outcomes such as blood clots, seizures, stroke, and brain inflammation. Analyses showed no safety concern for any of the selected serious side effects. In particular, the study found no concern for seizures after vaccination, something occasionally seen following other routine childhood immunizations in children under 2 years old.
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