Identifying the optimal search strategy for coronary heart disease patients in primary care electronic patient record systems

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-224

  Thiru, Krish ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^b   Weller, Peter ^c   Sullivan, Frank ^d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Clinical and Population Sciences and Education   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish School of Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical coding; Coronary heart disease; Database query; Electronic patient record system; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 77950806807     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v17i4.740     Document Type: Article

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