A method and knowledge base for automated inference of patient problems from structured data in an electronic medical record

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 859-867

  Wright, Adam ^a,b,c   Pang, Justine ^a   Feblowitz, Joshua C ^a,b   Maloney, Francine L ^b   Wilcox, Allison R ^b   Ramelson, Harley Z ^a,b,c   Schneider, Louise I ^a,b   Bates, David W ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GLAUCOMA; HEMOPHILIA; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAL SIGN;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81055126769     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000121     Document Type: Article

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