Electronic health records⇓based cardio-oncology registry for care gap identification and pragmatic research: Procedure and observational study

Alvin Chandra, Steven T. Philips, Ambarish Pandey, Mujeeb Basit, Vaishnavi Kannan, Evan J. Sara, Sandeep R. Das, Simon J.C. Lee, Barbara Haley, Du Wayne L. Willett, Vlad G. Zaha

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Abstract

Background: Professional society guidelines are emerging for cardiovascular care in cancer patients. However, it is not yet clear how effectively the cancer survivor population is screened and treated for cardiomyopathy in contemporary clinical practice. As electronic health records (EHRs) are now widely used in clinical practice, we tested the hypothesis that an EHR-based cardio-oncology registry can address these questions. Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an EHR-based pragmatic cardio-oncology registry and, as proof of principle, to investigate care gaps in the cardiovascular care of cancer patients. Methods: We generated a programmatically deidentified, real-time EHR-based cardio-oncology registry from all patients in our institutional Cancer Population Registry (N=8275, 2011-2017). We investigated: (1) left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessment before and after treatment with potentially cardiotoxic agents; and (2) guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for left ventricular dysfunction (LVD), defined as LVEF<50%, and symptomatic heart failure with reduced LVEF (HFrEF), defined as LVEF<50% and Problem List documentation of systolic congestive heart failure or dilated cardiomyopathy. Results: Rapid development of an EHR-based cardio-oncology registry was feasible. Identification of tests and outcomes was similar using the EHR-based cardio-oncology registry and manual chart abstraction (100% sensitivity and 83% specificity for LVD). LVEF was documented prior to initiation of cancer therapy in 19.8% of patients. Prevalence of postchemotherapy LVD and HFrEF was relatively low (9.4% and 2.5%, respectively). Among patients with postchemotherapy LVD or HFrEF, those referred to cardiology had a significantly higher prescription rate of a GDMT. Conclusions: EHR data can efficiently populate a real-time, pragmatic cardio-oncology registry as a byproduct of clinical care for health care delivery investigations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere22296
JournalJMIR Cardio
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021

Keywords

  • Cardio-oncology
  • Electronic health records
  • Heart failure
  • Patient registry
  • Screening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Health Informatics

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