Identification of patients with diabetes from the text of physician notes in the electronic medical record

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1794-1795

  Turchin, Alexander ^a,b   Kohane, Isaac S ^b   Pendergrass, Merri L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21544443879     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.7.1794     Document Type: Article

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