Monitoring suicidal patients in primary care using electronic health records

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-71

  Anderson, Heather D ^a,b,c   Pace, Wilson D ^b,d   Brandt, Elias ^d   Nielsen, Rodney D ^e,f   Allen, Richard R ^g   Libby, Anne M ^a,b   West, David R ^b   Valuck, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UCB 450   (United States)

^g Peak Statistical Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted; Electronic health records; Natural language processing; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920563503     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140181     Document Type: Review

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