Using electronic medical records to predict mortality in primary care patients with heart disease: Prognostic power and pathophysiologic implications

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-91

  Tierney, William M ^a,b,c   Takesue, Blaine Y ^a,b   Vargo, Dennis L ^c   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Richard L Roudeboush Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical epidemiology; clinical prediction; computerized record systems; congestive heart failure; coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029913065     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02599583     Document Type: Article

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