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Proposed addition to "Approaches in medicine and biomedical research" (COI edit request) - December 12, 2025

Hello, I have a conflict of interest as an employee of Truveta and therefore will not edit the article directly. I am requesting an independent editor’s review.

I propose adding a brief sentence noting that large-scale, de-identified electronic health record data—which include substantial amounts of unstructured text such as clinician notes—are being used in peer-reviewed biomedical research. This would align with the section’s discussion of how unstructured biomedical text is analyzed in research settings.

Proposed sentence:

Large-scale, de-identified electronic health record datasets that contain unstructured clinical text—such as those aggregated from multiple U.S. health systems contributing data to Truveta—have been used in peer-reviewed research, including a 2023 study that examined changes in low-dose oral minoxidil prescribing following media attention to its off-label use for hair loss.

I suggest placing this sentence at the end of the first paragraph in the "Approaches in medicine and biomedical research" section.

Thank you for your consideration.

Lyolek25 (talk) 19:39, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Not done: You used the phrase "including a... study that..." but it's just a link to the singular study. There's already a paragraph about SOMs, etc being used in the biomedical field, and a section on privacy. This paper doesn't add to that. The paper also doesn't actually talk about unstructured data or its handling, as far as I can see. closhund/talk/ 08:30, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback, closhund. You are right that the cited study does not directly address unstructured data or methods. Lyolek25 (talk) 23:54, 20 January 2026 (UTC)