Using electronic health records data to identify patients with chronic pain in a primary care setting

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue E2, 2013, Pages

  Tian, Terrence Y ^a   Zlateva, Ianita ^a   Anderson, Daren R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONNECTICUT; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84890318231     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001856     Document Type: Article

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