Evaluation of syndromic algorithms for detecting patients with potentially transmissible infectious diseases based on computerised emergency-department data

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gerbier Colomban, Solweig ^a,b,e   Gicquel, Quentin ^b,e   Millet, Anne Laure ^c   Riou, Christophe ^a,c   Grando, Jacqueline ^c   Darmoni, Stefan ^d   Potinet Pagliaroli, Véronique ^a   Metzger, Marie Hélène ^a,b,e  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Detection algorithm; Emergency service; Hospital; Infection control; Population surveillance; Sensitivity and specificity; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883697926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-101     Document Type: Article

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