Narrative electronic patient records as source of discharge diagnoses

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-268

  Mikkelsen, Gustav ^a   Aasly, Jan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case identification; Data quality; ICD 9; Medical records, computerized; Neurology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORDS (EPR);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 0037866808     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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