a Unit of PharmacoEpidemiology & PharmacoEconomics (PE2), Department of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands b Institute of Science in Healthy Aging & healthcaRE (SHARE), University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, Netherlands c Molecular Virology Section, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, Netherlands d Dep...

Seven years ago, Western Maryland Health System merged its two hospitals into a 275-bed community hospital and trauma center that also included a heart institute and cancer center. This new, state-of-the-art facility—the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland, MD—also presented a patient safety opportunity. Although the healthcare system prides itself on its culture of safety, i...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is expected to oversee creation of a Health Information Technology (HIT) Safety Center. While its functions are still being defined, the center is envisioned as a public-private entity focusing on promotion of HIT related patient safety. We propose that the HIT Safety Center leverages its unique position to work with key a...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluates the accuracy and portability of a natural language processing (NLP) tool for extracting clinical findings of influenza from clinical notes across two large healthcare systems. Effectiveness is evaluated on how well NLP supports downstream influenza case-detection for disease surveillance. METHODS We independently developed two NLP parsers, one at Intermountain ...

Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in an Inner City Healthcare System Sorabh Dhar, MD; Anupama Neelakanta, MD; Jisha John, MD; Russell Grimshaw, BS; Jim Russell, RN; Keith Kaye, MD, MPH; Mark Upfal, MD, MPH; Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; Infectious Diseases, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; Infectious Disease, Wayne State University, Detroit, ...

or Established Coronary Artery Disease Davide Piccini, Christophe Sierro, Juerg Schwitter, Pierre Monney, Gabriella Vincenti, Simon C. Koestner, Didier Locca, Tobias Rutz, Arne Littmann, Michael O. Zenge, Gunnar Krueger, and Matthias Stuber Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare IM S AW, Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV) and University ...

S. S. Kaushik, Z. I. Cleveland, G. P. Cofer, G. Metz, D. Beaver, J. Nouls, M. Kraft, J. Wolber, H. P. McAdams, and B. Driehuys Center for In-Vivo Microscopy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, GE Healthcare...

Peter Sand, Norman Zinner*, Diane Newman†, Vincent Lucente‡, Roger Dmochowski§, Con Kelleher¶ and Naomi V. Dahl ∞ Evanston Continence Center, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, *Western Clinical Research, Torrance, CA, †University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Division of Urology, Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, ...

Xuming DAI, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Daniel E Forman, Karen P Alexander Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Division of Geriatric Medicine, Center for Aging and Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Section of Geriatric Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Geriatrics, Research, Educat...