Menopause Documented Far Less Often in Electronic Health Records

Menopause documented far less often in electronic health records

Menopause is frequently missing from women's electronic health records, according to a University of Colorado Anschutz study of nearly 396,000 women participating in the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program.

Electronic health records largely omit menopause, new research reveals

Menopause remains one of the most significant physiological transitions in a woman’s life, with cascading effects on cardiovascular, metabolic, skeletal and neurological health. Yet according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz, the condition is astonishingly absent from the very records clinicians and researchers rely on most: the electronic health record. In a […]

Menopause Is Missing from Most Electronic Health Records, Study Finds

A study of nearly 400,000 women found that menopause was inconsistently documented in electronic health records (EHRs) for most women in survey