Identification of methicillin-resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus</it> within the Nation’s Veterans Affairs Medical Centers using natural language processing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate information is needed to direct healthcare systems’ efforts to control methicillin-resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus</it> (MRSA). Assembling complete and correct microbiology data is vital to understanding and...

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Main Authors: Jones Makoto, DuVall Scott L, Spuhl Joshua, Samore Matthew H, Nielson Christopher, Rubin Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/12/34