Toward Reflective Management of Emergency Department Chief Complaint Information

An approach coined as ldquoreflective information managementrdquo is presented as a technique for the management of emergency department chief complaint information. The architecture of a system integrating principles from this approach is described and its performance is evaluated in providing cate...

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 763 - 767
Main Authors:	Niiranen, S.T., Yli-Hietanen, J.M., Nathanson, L.A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States IEEE 01-11-2008
Subjects:	Architecture Automated Biomedical signal processing Clinical diagnosis Computer Systems Decision making Disaster management Emergencies Emergency management Emergency Medical Services Hospital Information Systems Humans Information management Information systems Information technology Management Medical diagnostic imaging Medical Informatics medical information systems Medical Records Systems, Computerized Medical services Natural Language Processing Natural languages Performance evaluation Surveillance Medical information systems Information technology Medical services Information systems
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Summary:	An approach coined as ldquoreflective information managementrdquo is presented as a technique for the management of emergency department chief complaint information. The architecture of a system integrating principles from this approach is described and its performance is evaluated in providing categorical information from free-text chief complaints for use, e.g., in automated syndromic surveillance.
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ISSN:	1089-7771 1558-0032
DOI:	10.1109/TITB.2008.926464