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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedGoss FR, Plasek JM, Lau JJ
An evaluation of a natural language processing tool for identifying and encoding allergy information in emergency department clinical notes.
This paper presents early experience and preliminary findings in developing an allergy module for a general natural language processing (NLP) system, named Medical Text Extraction, Reasoning, and Mapping System (MTERMS), to extract and encode allergy information from clinical text. The preliminary results demonstrate the feasibility using NLP to extract and encode allergy information from clinical notes.
AHRQ-funded; HS022728.
Citation: Goss FR, Plasek JM, Lau JJ .
An evaluation of a natural language processing tool for identifying and encoding allergy information in emergency department clinical notes.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2014 Nov 14;2014:580-8..
Keywords: Health Information Technology (HIT), Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department
Garg N, Kuperman G, Onyile A
Validating health information exchange (HIE) data for quality measurement across four hospitals.
The study objective was to validate the secondary use of HIE data for two emergency department (ED) quality measures: identification of frequent ED users and early (72-hour) ED returns in four hospitals. It found that there was no significant difference in the total counts for frequent ED users or early ED returns for any of the four hospitals.
AHRQ-funded; HS021261.
Citation: Garg N, Kuperman G, Onyile A .
Validating health information exchange (HIE) data for quality measurement across four hospitals.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2014 Nov 14;2014:573-9..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Emergency Department, Quality of Care, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Quality Measures
Peterson SM, Gurses AP, Regan L
Resident to resident handoffs in the emergency department: an observational study.
This study aimed to identify hazards to patient safety and barriers to efficiency related to resident handoffs in the ED. It found that residents were interrupted, on average, every 8.5 min. The most common deficit in relaying the plan of care strategy was failing to relay medications administered (32 percent). In addition, there were ambiguities related to medication administration.
AHRQ-funded; HS018762.
Citation: Peterson SM, Gurses AP, Regan L .
Resident to resident handoffs in the emergency department: an observational study.
J Emerg Med 2014 Nov;47(5):573-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.06.027..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Patient Safety, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Medication