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Article: There's Gold in Them Thar' Databases.
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- Health Data Management
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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Some health care organizations are using sophisticated data mining applications to unearth hidden truths buried in their online clinical and financial information. But the lack of a standard clinical vocabulary and standard work processes is an obstacle CIOs must blast through to reach their treasure.
Physicians and nurses at Florida Hospital knew there was crucial clinical information hidden deep in their organization's data warehouse. They just weren't sure how to get it.
For example, many clinicians at the 2,000-bed integrated delivery system had theories about why certain patients with pneumonia recovered much more quickly than others. Some thought ...