CER Hub: An informatics platform for conducting comparative effectiveness research using multi-institutional, heterogeneous, electronic clinical data

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 763-773

  Hazlehurst, Brian L ^a   Kurtz, Stephen E ^a   Masica, Andrew ^b   Stevens, Victor J ^a   McBurnie, Mary Ann ^a   Puro, Jon E ^c   Vijayadeva, Vinutha ^a   Au, David H ^d   Brannon, Elissa D ^a   Sittig, Dean F ^e  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OCHIN Inc   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness research; Electronic health records; Natural language processing

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; DATA HANDLING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SCALABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEBSITES;

CLINICAL DATA PROCESSING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCHES; DATA PROCESSING APPLICATIONS; DATA PROCESSING PIPELINES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING;

DATA FUSION;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEANINGFUL USE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940900348     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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