International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 12 , Pages e13-e18 , December 2009

Enhanced identification of eligibility for depression research using an electronic medical record search engine

  • Lisa Seyfried

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
  • ,
  • David A. Hanauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
    • Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
    • Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
  • ,
  • Donald Nease

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
  • ,
  • Rashad Albeiruti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
  • ,
  • Janet Kavanagh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
    • Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research Education and Clinical Center, Health Services Research and Development, United States
  • ,
  • Helen C. Kales

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, United States
    • Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research Education and Clinical Center, Health Services Research and Development, United States
    • Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Box 5765, 4250 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. Tel.: +1 734 232 0388; fax: +1 734 615 8739.

Received 30 October 2008 ,Revised 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 May 2009.

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PII: S1386-5056(09)00088-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.05.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 12 , Pages e13-e18 , December 2009