Open AccessActive Safety Monitoring of New Medical Products Using Electronic Healthcare Data
Author(s) -
Joshua J. Gagne,
Jeremy A. Rassen,
Alexander M. Walker,
Robert J. Glynn,
Sebastian Schneeweiß
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3182459d7d
Subject(s) - metric (unit) , computer science , event (particle physics) , data mining , sensitivity (control systems) , patient safety , replicate , health care , statistics , engineering , operations management , mathematics , quantum mechanics , electronic engineering , physics , economics , economic growth
Active medical-product-safety surveillance systems are being developed to monitor many products and outcomes simultaneously in routinely collected longitudinal electronic healthcare data. These systems will rely on algorithms to generate alerts about potential safety concerns.