Automated detection of physiologic deterioration in hospitalized patients

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 350-360

  Scott Evans, R ^a,b   Kuttler, Kathryn G ^a,c   Simpson, Kathy J ^c   Howe, Stephen ^a   Crossno, Peter F ^c   Johnson, Kyle V ^a   Schreiner, Misty N ^c   Lloyd, James F ^a   Tettelbach, William H ^a,d   Keddington, Roger K ^a   Tanner, Alden ^c   Wilde, Chelbi ^c   Clemmer, Terry P ^b,e  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

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

^c INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Medical emergency team; Patient specific alerts; Physiologic deterioration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHARGE NURSE; COMORBIDITY; DETERIORATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84940370260     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002816     Document Type: Article

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