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Using Inpatient Electronic Medical Records to Study Influenza for Pandemic Preparedness

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    We assessed the ability to identify key data relevant to influenza and other respiratory virus surveillance in a large-scale US-based hospital electronic medical record (EMR) dataset using seasonal influenza as a use case. We describe characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized influenza cases across three seasons.

    We identified patients with an influenza diagnosis between March 2017 and March 2020 in 140 US hospitals as part of the US FDA's Sentinel System. We calculated descriptive statistics on the presence of high-risk conditions, influenza antiviral administrations, and severity endpoints.

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    Candace C. Fuller, Austin Cosgrove, Kenneth Sands, Karla M. Miller, Russell E. Poland, Edward Rosen, Alfred Sorbello, Henry Francis, Robert Orr, Sarah K. Dutcher, Gregory T. Measer, Noelle M. Cocoros

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    Candace C. Fuller; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Email: candace_fuller@harvardpilgrim.org