Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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J Am Med Inform Assoc · Jan 2000
Assessing the quality of clinical data in a computer-based record for calculating the pneumonia severity index.
This study examined whether clinical data routinely available in a computerized patient record (CPR) can be used to drive a complex guideline that supports physicians in real time and at the point of care in assessing the risk of mortality for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. ⋯ From a clinical perspective, the current level of data quality in the HELP System supports the automation and the prospective evaluation of the Pneumonia Severity Index as a computerized decision support tool.