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These data capture clinical details about patients\u2019 health status, as well as behavioural risk factors, such as smoking. While the importance of documenting smoking status in a healthcare setting is recognized, the quality of smoking data captured in EMRs is variable. This study was designed to test methods aimed at improving the quality of patient smoking information in a primary care EMR database.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>EMR data from community primary care settings extracted by two regional practice-based research networks in Alberta, Canada were used. Patients with at least one encounter in the previous 2 years (2016\u20132018) and having hypertension according to a validated definition were included (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200948,377). Multiple imputation was tested under two different assumptions for missing data (smoking status is missing at random and missing not-at-random). A third method tested a novel pattern matching algorithm developed to augment smoking information in the primary care EMR database. External validity was examined by comparing the proportions of smoking categories generated in each method with a general population survey.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Among those with hypertension, 40.8% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200919,743) had either no smoking information recorded or it was not interpretable and considered missing. Those with missing smoking data differed statistically by demographics, clinical features, and type of EMR system used in the clinic. Both multiple imputation methods produced fully complete smoking status information, with the proportion of current smokers estimated at 25.3% (data missing at random) and 12.5% (data missing not-at-random). The pattern-matching algorithm classified 18.2% of patients as current smokers, similar to the population-based survey (18.9%), but still resulted in missing smoking information for 23.6% of patients. The algorithm was estimated to be 93.8% accurate overall, but varied by smoking status category.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Multiple imputation and algorithmic pattern-matching can be used to improve EMR data post-extraction but the recommended method depends on the purpose of secondary use (e.g. practice improvement or epidemiological analyses).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12911-020-1068-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,14]],"date-time":"2020-03-14T10:02:52Z","timestamp":1584180172000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Methods to improve the quality of smoking records in a primary care EMR database: exploring multiple imputation and pattern-matching algorithms"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8795-9553","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stephanie","family":"Garies","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Cummings","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hude","family":"Quan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kerry","family":"McBrien","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Neil","family":"Drummond","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Donna","family":"Manca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tyler","family":"Williamson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,14]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"1068_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1091","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyw248","volume":"46","author":"Stephanie Garies","year":"2017","unstructured":"Garies S, Birtwhistle R, Drummond N, Queenan J, Williamson T. 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