2023
Developing Validated Tools to Identify Pulmonary Embolism in Electronic Databases: Rationale and Design of the PE-EHR+ Study
Bikdeli B, Lo Y, Khairani C, Bejjani A, Jimenez D, Barco S, Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Secemsky E, Klok F, Hunsaker A, Aghayev A, Muriel A, Wang Y, Hussain M, Appah-Sampong A, Lu Y, Lin Z, Aneja S, Khera R, Goldhaber S, Zhou L, Monreal M, Krumholz H, Piazza G. Developing Validated Tools to Identify Pulmonary Embolism in Electronic Databases: Rationale and Design of the PE-EHR+ Study. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2023, 123: 649-662. PMID: 36809777, PMCID: PMC11200175, DOI: 10.1055/a-2039-3222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsNLP algorithmNatural language processing toolsLanguage processing toolsPrincipal discharge diagnosisICD-10 codesDischarge diagnosisNLP toolsChart reviewHealth systemProcessing toolsYale New Haven Health SystemPatient identificationElectronic databasesHealth recordsData validationHigh-risk PEPulmonary Embolism ResearchSecondary discharge diagnosisIdentification of patientsManual chart reviewNegative predictive valueCodeRadiology reportsAlgorithm
2015
Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data
Horwitz LI, Grady JN, Cohen DB, Lin Z, Volpe M, Ngo CK, Masica AL, Long T, Wang J, Keenan M, Montague J, Suter LG, Ross JS, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 10: 670-677. PMID: 26149225, PMCID: PMC5459369, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSame-hospital readmissionsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valuePredictive valueReadmission measuresHospital-wide readmission measureGold standard chart reviewAdministrative claims-based algorithmDiagnostic cardiac catheterizationClaims-based algorithmLarge teaching centersAcute care hospitalsSmall community hospitalUnplanned readmissionChart reviewCardiac catheterizationScheduled careSpecificity 96.5Community hospitalReadmissionClaims dataCardiac devicesHealth systemTeaching centerPublic reporting