Epidemic surveillance using an electronic medical record: An empiric approach to performance improvement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Hongzhang ^a,b   Gaff, Holly ^c   Smith, Gary ^d   DeLisle, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE DETECTION ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AREA UNDER CURVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARYLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84904117653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100845     Document Type: Article

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