Advanced Clinical Decision Support for Vaccine Adverse Event Detection and Reporting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reporting of adverse events (AEs) following vaccination can help identify rare or unexpected complications of immunizations and aid in characterizing potential vaccine safety signals. We developed an open-source, generalizable clinical decision support system called Electronic Support for Public Health-Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (ESP-VAERS) to assist clinicians with AE detection and reporting.

Methods

ESP-VAERS monitors patients' electronic health records for new diagnoses, changes in laboratory values, and new allergies following vaccinations. When suggestive events are found, ESP-VAERS sends the patient's clinician a secure electronic message with an invitation to affirm or refute the message, add comments, and submit an automated, prepopulated elect

SUBMITTER: Baker MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642796 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature