An automated model using electronic medical record data identifies patients with cirrhosis at high risk for readmission

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1335-1341.e1

  Singal, Amit G ^a,b   Rahimi, Robert S ^a,b   Clark, Christopher ^c   Ma, Ying ^c   Cuthbert, Jennifer A ^a,b   Rockey, Don C ^a,b,d   Amarasingham, Ruben ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic Informatics; Liver Disease; Quality of Care; Rehospitalization; Risk Model

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALT; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMR; HEPATIC INFORMATICS; ICD-9; IDI; INR; INTEGRATED DISCRIMINATION IMPROVEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, 9TH REVISION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER DISEASE; MELD; MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ODDS RATIO; OR; QUALITY OF CARE; REHOSPITALIZATION; RISK MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84884353768     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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