Using age, triage score, and disposition data from emergency department electronic records to improve Influenza-like illness surveillance

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 688-696

  Savard, Noémie ^a   Bédard, Lucie ^b,c   Allard, Robert ^a,b   Buckeridge, David L ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Disposition; Influenza; Influenza like illness ILI; Syndromic surveillance; Triage score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ELECTRONICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CANADA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGE FACTORS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 84946832802     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocu002     Document Type: Article

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