Using Predictive Analytics to Guide Patient Care and Research in a National Health System

Karin M Nelson; Evelyn T Chang; Donna M Zulman; Lisa V Rubenstein; Freddy D Kirkland; Stephan D Fihn

doi:10.1007/s11606-019-04961-4

Using Predictive Analytics to Guide Patient Care and Research in a National Health System

J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Aug;34(8):1379-1380. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04961-4.

Authors

Karin M Nelson^{1

2

3

4}, Evelyn T Chang^{5

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7}, Donna M Zulman^{8

9}, Lisa V Rubenstein^{7

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11}, Freddy D Kirkland¹², Stephan D Fihn^{13

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15

16}

Affiliations

¹ General Internal Medicine Service, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USA. Karin.Nelson@va.gov.
² School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Karin.Nelson@va.gov.
³ School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Karin.Nelson@va.gov.
⁴ VA Puget Sound Health Care System, HSR&D, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA. Karin.Nelson@va.gov.
⁵ Center for Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁷ UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁸ Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
⁹ Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
¹⁰ RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
¹¹ UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹² VHA Office of Organizational Excellence, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹³ General Internal Medicine Service, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁵ School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁶ VHA Office of Clinical Systems Development & Evaluation, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomedical Research / methods
Biomedical Research / standards*
Electronic Health Records / standards*
Female
Forecasting
Government Programs / methods
Government Programs / standards
Health Services Needs and Demand / standards*
Humans
Male
Patient Care / methods
Patient Care / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
United States / epidemiology
United States Department of Veterans Affairs / standards*