Development and validation of a computer-based algorithm to identify foreign-born patients with HIV infection from the electronic medical record

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 557-570

  Levison, J ^a,b,c   Triant, V ^a,c   Losina, E ^a,c,d,e   Keefe, K ^a,c   Freedberg, K ^a,c,d,e   Regan, S ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Electronic medical record; Foreign born; HIV; Immigrant health

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIGRANT; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84905237126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-02-RA-0013     Document Type: Article

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