In many ways, the electronic health record (EHR) remains the central tool for capturing the plethora of new streams of data bubbling through health care. Phenotype measures, patient-reported outcomes (often acquired using digital technology), information on habits and environment, baseline genomic data, claims data and other information increasingly funneled into the EHR are adding to a more complete picture of the patient.
Pharma and hi-tech companies are taking notice: witness recent events such as Apple’s announced intention to make health records portable...
