BMC medical informatics and decision making
26655696
BACKGROUND: Interoperable phenotyping algorithms, needed to identify patient cohorts meeting eligibility criteria for observational studies or clinical trials, require medical data in a consistent structured, coded format. Data heterogeneity limits s...
Classification systems such as ICD-10 for diagnoses or the Swiss Operation Classification System (CHOP) for procedure classification in the clinical treatment are essential for clinical management and information exchange. Traditionally, classificati...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
31769835
OBJECTIVE: Real-world data (RWD) are increasingly used for pharmacoepidemiology and regulatory innovation. Our objective was to compare adverse drug event (ADE) rates determined from two RWD sources, electronic health records and administrative claim...
BACKGROUND: Accurate anesthesiology procedure code data are essential to quality improvement, research, and reimbursement tasks within anesthesiology practices. Advanced data science techniques, including machine learning and natural language process...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
34814905
BACKGROUND: In surgical department, CPT code assignment has been a complicated manual human effort, that entails significant related knowledge and experience. While there are several studies using CPTs to make predictions in surgical services, litera...
Proper codification of medical diagnoses and procedures is essential for optimized health care management, quality improvement, research, and reimbursement tasks within large healthcare systems. Assignment of diagnostic or procedure codes is a tediou...