2021
Comprehensive Characterization of COVID-19 Patients with Repeatedly Positive SARS-CoV-2 Tests Using a Large U.S. Electronic Health Record Database
Dong X, Zhou Y, Shu X, Bernstam E, Stern R, Aronoff D, Xu H, Lipworth L. Comprehensive Characterization of COVID-19 Patients with Repeatedly Positive SARS-CoV-2 Tests Using a Large U.S. Electronic Health Record Database. Microbiology Spectrum 2021, 9: 10.1128/spectrum.00327-21. PMID: 34406805, PMCID: PMC8552669, DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00327-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive SARS-CoV-2 testSARS-CoV-2 testSecond positive testElectronic health record databaseCases of reinfectionHealth record databasePositive testPositive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test resultsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testingSARS-CoV-2 PCR test resultsRecord databaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Intensive care unit admissionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2 infectionRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Long-term health consequencesLarge electronic health record databasePotential long-term health consequencesCare unit admissionOverweight/obeseChronic medical conditionsPositive molecular testCOVID-19 patientsSyndrome coronavirus 2
2020
COVID-19 TestNorm: A tool to normalize COVID-19 testing names to LOINC codes
Dong X, Li J, Soysal E, Bian J, DuVall S, Hanchrow E, Liu H, Lynch K, Matheny M, Natarajan K, Ohno-Machado L, Pakhomov S, Reeves R, Sitapati A, Abhyankar S, Cullen T, Deckard J, Jiang X, Murphy R, Xu H. COVID-19 TestNorm: A tool to normalize COVID-19 testing names to LOINC codes. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2020, 27: 1437-1442. PMID: 32569358, PMCID: PMC7337837, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsLOINC codesSecondary useRule-based toolOnline web applicationOpen-source packageCritical data elementsWeb applicationData networksEnd usersData elementsIndependent test setHealth recordsTest setKey challengesData normalizationCritical resourcesTest namesRoutine clinical practice dataCodeClinical practice dataCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 diagnostic testsToolDevelopers