Identifying individuals with multiple sclerosis in an electronic medical record

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 217-224

  Krysko, Kristen M ^a   Ivers, Noah M ^a,b,c   Young, Jacqueline ^b   O'Connor, Paul ^a,d   Tu, Karen ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Multiple sclerosis; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923090572     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514538334     Document Type: Article

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