Linking surveillance and clinical data for evaluating trends in bloodstream infection rates in neonatal units in England.

Caroline FraserBerit Muller-PebodyRuth BlackburnJim GraySam J OddieRuth E GilbertKatie L Harron

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Linkage that combines BSI records from national laboratory surveillance and clinical NNU data sources, and use of probabilistic methods, substantially improved ascertainment of BSI and estimates of BSI trends over time, compared with single data sources.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
public health
big data
gene expression
machine learning
data analysis
genome wide
klebsiella pneumoniae
human immunodeficiency virus