Fig. 1.

Summary of responses to questions regarding methods of electronic health records (EHR)-based cohort identification and recruitment.

(a) Current implementation. (b) Perceived demand. Brokered data warehouse (DW), access to data warehouse by staff members; Self-serve Qry, use of self-service tools to run de-identified queries; EHR registry, use of EHRs to build patient lists to aid in recruitment; Patient portal, use of EHR patient portals to notify patients of research opportunities; Provider alerts, use of electronic alerts to care providers of patients in clinic meeting eligibility requirements; Research associate (RA) alert, use of electronic alerts to the research team if patients in clinic meet eligibility requirements; Business intelligence (BI) tools access, research given direct query access to data warehouse through business intelligence tools.