Automated identification of drug and food allergies entered using non-standard terminology.

Epstein RH, St Jacques P, Stockin M, Rothman B, Ehrenfeld JM, Denny JC. Automated identification of drug and food allergies entered using non-standard terminology. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 20(20). 962-8. PMID: 23748627 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3756276

Abstract

An accurate computable representation of food and drug allergy is essential for safe healthcare. Our goal was to develop a high-performance, easily maintained algorithm to identify medication and food allergies and sensitivities from unstructured allergy entries in electronic health record (EHR) systems.