Assessing data availability and quality within an electronic health record system through external validation against an external clinical data source

Assessing data availability and quality within an electronic health record system through external validation against an external clinical data source

Abstract Background Approximately 20% of deaths in the US each year are attributable to smoking, yet current practices in the recording of this health risk in electronic health records (EHRs) have not led to discernable changes in health outcomes. Several groups have developed algorithms for extract...

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Main Authors: Ellen L. Palmer, John Higgins, Saeed Hassanpour, James Sargent, Christina M. Robinson, Jennifer A. Doherty, Tracy Onega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Smokers registry
Informatics pipeline
Electronic health records
Natural language processing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0864-2

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