title: Construction and validation of an automated model for the early identification of patients hospitalized for heart failure.
abstract: In order to institute early hospital-wide interventions, we constructed a reliable automated model for identifying newly admitted patients with congestive heart failure using electronically captured administrative and clinical data.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Krainik
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reichley
authors.forename: Brian F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Gage
authors.forename: Wm Claiborne
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Dunagan
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019540:Area Under Curve; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012372:ROC Curve; D012044:Regression Analysis