2023
Validation of Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithms to Identify Specialist Palliative Care Within the Department of Veterans Affairs
Feder S, Zhan Y, Abel E, Smith D, Ersek M, Fried T, Redeker N, Akgün K. Validation of Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithms to Identify Specialist Palliative Care Within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2023, 66: e475-e483. PMID: 37364737, PMCID: PMC10527602, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.06.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialist palliative careInpatient encountersCurrent Procedural TerminologyPalliative careICD-9/ICDICD-9/10 codesCohort of peopleVeterans Affairs facilitiesStop codeNegative predictive valueElectronic health recordsChart reviewHeart failureAdministrative databasesSpecific clinicPredictive valueICD codesProcedural TerminologyVeterans AffairsOutpatientsHealth recordsAdministrative dataReference standardCareConsultation
2022
The Quality of Telehealth-Delivered Palliative Care During the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Surge (S530)
Soliman A, Akgün K, Coffee J, Kapo J, Morrison L, Blatt L, Schulman-Green D, Feder S. The Quality of Telehealth-Delivered Palliative Care During the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Surge (S530). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2022, 63: 921-922. PMCID: PMC9001042, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPC consultationDiscussion of goalsPalliative carePandemic surgeSerious illnessFamily understandingCOVID-19 pandemic surgeLarge hospitalsInitial pandemic surgeInpatient PC consultationsQuality of telehealthPercent of patientsPalliative care servicesPrimary cancer diagnosisAssessment of patientsEarly COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 infection ratesCOVID-19 ratesElectronic health recordsMedian timePC servicesMean ageInitial consultationInterdisciplinary carePatients
2017
Data Quality in Electronic Health Records Research: Quality Domains and Assessment Methods
Feder SL. Data Quality in Electronic Health Records Research: Quality Domains and Assessment Methods. Western Journal Of Nursing Research 2017, 40: 753-766. PMID: 28322657, DOI: 10.1177/0193945916689084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsEHR dataData qualityElectronic health record researchData abstraction methodsEHR researchAbstraction methodEHR databaseData accuracyData rulesHealth recordsRecord researchData validationNonclinical purposesQuality domainsCommon domainStatistical measuresManual chart reviewQuality dataDomainVerificationData comparisonTimelinessImplementationDesign