Creating and validating a pneumococcal vaccination registry.
Healthy People 2010 set a goal of 90% vaccination rate for pneumococcal vaccine in elderly patients. We developed a keyword search, using pharmacy orders for Pneumovax as a gold standard, to determine patient eligibility for a computerized pneumococcal vaccination registry. The keyword search captured 98% of vaccinations in the validation dataset. A total of 4,768 patients matched at least one keyword in the search and were added to the immunization registry. Through our search, we found a 63% vaccination rate in the primary care patient population older than 65, leaving 37% of the high risk population still needing vaccinations.
Dexheimer
Judith W
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Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Gregg
William
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Talbot
Thomas R
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Aronsky
Dominik
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D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000145:classification; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013358:Subject Headings; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines