Use of electronic healthcare records to identify complex patients with atrial fibrillation for targeted intervention

Discussion: We developed and tested a set of algorithms to identify AF patients and known risk factors for stroke and major bleeding using EHR data. Algorithms such as these can be built into EHR systems to facilitate informed decision making and help shift population health management efforts towards patients with the greatest need.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - July 2, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Wang, S. V., Rogers, J. R., Jin, Y., Bates, D. W., Fischer, M. A. Tags: Research and Applications Source Type: research