Identifying Asthma Exacerbation-Related Emergency Department Visit Using Electronic Medical Record and Claims Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma exacerbation leading to emergency department (ED) visit is prevalent, an indicator of poor control of asthma, and is a potentially preventable clinical outcome.

Objective

We propose to utilize multiple data elements available in electronic medical records (EMRs) and claims database to create separate algorithms with high validity for clinical and research purposes to identify asthma exacerbation-related ED visit among the general population.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study with inclusion criteria of patients aged 4 to 40 years, a visit to Geisinger ED from January 1, 2006, to October 28, 2013, with asthma on their problem list. Different electronic data elements including chief complaints, vitals, season, smoking, medication use, and disch

SUBMITTER: Sundaresan AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051766 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature