Development and Validation of an Electronic Medical Record–Based Algorithm to Identify Patient Milestones in the Hepatitis C Virus Care Cascade. (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zucker, Jason; Aaron, Justin G; Feller, Daniel J; Slowikowski, Jacek; Evans, Henry; Scherer, Matthew L; Yin, Michael T; Gordon, Peter
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 5:Number 7(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: HCV epidemiology -- HCV treatment -- HCV care cascade -- hepatitis C; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy153
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Disease-specific care cascades are important public health and organizational tools to characterize gaps in care and target resources, but they are labor-intensive to maintain. Using data available from the electronic medical record, we developed an algorithm with high accuracy for correctly representing an individual's status in the hepatitis C virus care cascade.