An Informatics Approach to Characterizing Rarely Documented Clinical Information in Electronic Health Records: Spiritual Care as an Exemplar.

Journal: Applied clinical informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Electronic health records (EHRs) contain valuable patient information, yet certain aspects of care remain infrequently documented and difficult to extract. Identifying these rarely documented elements requires advanced informatics approaches to uncover clinical documentation patterns that would otherwise remain inaccessible for research and quality improvement.

Authors

  • Alaa Albashayreh
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States.
  • Nahid Zeinali
    Department of Computer Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States.
  • Nanle Joseph Gusen
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States.
  • Yuwen Ji
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States.
  • Stephanie Gilbertson-White
    College of Nursing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States.

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