Development, Evaluation and Implementation of Chief Complaint Groupings to Activate Data Collection

S. J. Deakyne; L. Bajaj; J. Hoffman; E. Alessandrini; D. W. Ballard; R. Norris; L. Tzimenatos; M. Swietlik; E. Tham; R. W. Grundmeier; N. Kuppermann; P. S. Dayan; the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)

doi:10.4338/ACI-2015-02-RA-0019

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2015; 06(03): 521-535
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2015-02-RA-0019

Research Article

Schattauer GmbH

Development, Evaluation and Implementation of Chief Complaint Groupings to Activate Data Collection

A Multi-Center Study of Clinical Decision Support for Children with Head Trauma

Authors

S. J. Deakyne

¹Children’s Hospital Colorado, Department of Research Informatics, Aurora, Colorado, United States
L. Bajaj

²University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States
J. Hoffman

³Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
E. Alessandrini

⁴Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
D. W. Ballard

⁵Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael Medical Center, San Rafael, California, United States
R. Norris

⁶Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States
L. Tzimenatos

⁷University of California Davis School of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Sacramento, California, United States
M. Swietlik

⁸Children’s Hospital Colorado, Department of Clinical Application Services, Aurora, Colorado, United States
E. Tham

²University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States
R. W. Grundmeier

⁹Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
N. Kuppermann

⁷University of California Davis School of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Sacramento, California, United States
P. S. Dayan

¹⁰Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, New York, New York, United States

the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)

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Keywords

Head trauma - electronic health record - chief complaints - sensitivity and specificity

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