Community-Acquired Pneumonia Case Validation in an Anonymized Electronic Medical Record–Linked Expert System

<span class="paragraphSection"><div class="boxTitle">Abstract</div>An electronic anonymized patient portal analysis using radiographic reports and admission and discharge diagnoses had sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 84.7%, 78.2%, 75%, and 87%, respectively, for community-acquired pneumonia validated against a blinded expert medical review. This approach can help to track antimicrobial use and resistance.</span>

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