Validating Use of Electronic Health Data to Identify Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in Outpatient Settings

• Principais autores: George Germanos (Autor), Patrick Light (Autor), Roger Zoorob (Autor), Jason Salemi (Autor), Fareed Khan (Autor), Michael Hansen (Autor), Kalpana Gupta (Autor), Barbara Trautner (Autor), Larissa Grigoryan (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: MDPI AG, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To validate the use of electronic algorithms based on International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes to identify outpatient visits for urinary tract infections (UTI), one of the most common reasons for antibiotic prescriptions. Methods: ICD-10 symptom codes (e.g., dysuria) alone...