COVID-19 Surveillance in a Primary Care Sentinel Network: In-Pandemic Development of an Application Ontology.

Simon de Lusignan Harshana Liyanage Dylan McGagh Bhautesh Dinesh Jani Jorgen Bauwens Rachel Byford Dai Evans Tom Fahey Trisha Greenhalgh Nicholas Robert Jones Frances S Mair Cecilia Okusi Vaishnavi Parimalanathan Jill P Pell Julian Sherlock Oscar Tamburis Manasa Tripathy Filipa Matos Ferreira John Williams Frederick David Richard Hobbs

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2020)

The underpinning structure of our ontological approach has coped with multiple clinical coding challenges. At a time when there is uncertainty about international comparisons, clarity about the basis on which case definitions and outcomes are made from routine data is essential.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
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primary care
public health
electronic health record
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
clinical practice
big data
general practice
metabolic syndrome
machine learning
artificial intelligence