David Liebovitz, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Medical Director of Information Systems, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, discusses real time surveillance to identify all patients in real time who meet specific criteria.

Summary:
Real time surveillance using electronic medical records is being developed to assist clinicians to identify patients in particular risk groups and provide early intervention where necessary.

References and resources:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2656004.

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