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Utility of Natural Language Processing for Clinical Quality Measures Reporting
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Clinical quality measures (CQMs) are tools that help measure and track the quality of health care services. Measuring and reporting CQMs helps to ensure that our health care system is delivering effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered,… read more… percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … -
Disease Profile Development Methodology for Syndromic Surveillance of Biological Threat Agents
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Detection of biological threat agents (BTAs) is critical to the rapid initiation of treatment, infection control measures, and public health emergency response plans. Due to the rarity of BTAs, standard methodology for developing syndrome… read more… trials. Clin Trials. 2008;5:225�39. *Gillian Gibbs E-mail: Gillian_Gibbs@rush.edu (page number not for citation … when there was a more defined purpose to reporting ED visits and admissions (e.g., The Republican National … as point source outbreaks. Querying preestablished ED visit, coroner death, and 911 call feeds can provide a … -
Case Definition for Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case definition of influenza-like illness (ILI) as fever with cough and/or sore throat casts a wide net resulting in lower sensitivity which can have major implications on public health… read more… Accessed January 20, 2011. *Gillian Gibbs E-mail: Gillian_Gibbs@rush.edu (page number not for citation …