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Toward vocabulary control for chief complaint.

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Haas, SW; Travers, D; Tintinalli, JE; Pollock, D; Waller, A; Barthell, E; Burt, C; Chapman, W; Coonan, K; Kamens, D; McClay, J
Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
May 2008

The chief complaint (CC) is the data element that documents the patient's reason for visiting the emergency department (ED). The need for a CC vocabulary has been acknowledged at national meetings and in multiple publications, but to our knowledge no groups have specifically focused on the requirements and development plans for a CC vocabulary. The national consensus meeting "Towards Vocabulary Control for Chief Complaint" was convened to identify the potential uses for ED CC and to develop the framework for CC vocabulary control. The 10-point consensus recommendations for action were 1) begin to develop a controlled vocabulary for CC, 2) obtain funding, 3) establish an infrastructure, 4) work with standards organizations, 5) address CC vocabulary characteristics for all user communities, 6) create a collection of CC for research, 7) identify the best candidate vocabulary for ED CCs, 8) conduct vocabulary validation studies, 9) establish beta test sites, and 10) plan publicity and marketing for the vocabulary.

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Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

DOI

EISSN

1553-2712

ISSN

1069-6563

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

15

Issue

5

Start / End Page

476 / 482

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocabulary, Controlled
  • North Carolina
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Humans
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Congresses as Topic
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Haas, S. W., Travers, D., Tintinalli, J. E., Pollock, D., Waller, A., Barthell, E., … McClay, J. (2008). Toward vocabulary control for chief complaint. In Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (Vol. 15, pp. 476–482). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00104.x
Haas, Stephanie W., Debbie Travers, Judith E. Tintinalli, Daniel Pollock, Anna Waller, Edward Barthell, Catharine Burt, et al. “Toward vocabulary control for chief complaint.” In Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 15:476–82, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00104.x.
Haas SW, Travers D, Tintinalli JE, Pollock D, Waller A, Barthell E, et al. Toward vocabulary control for chief complaint. In: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008. p. 476–82.
Haas, Stephanie W., et al. “Toward vocabulary control for chief complaint.Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 15, no. 5, 2008, pp. 476–82. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00104.x.
Haas SW, Travers D, Tintinalli JE, Pollock D, Waller A, Barthell E, Burt C, Chapman W, Coonan K, Kamens D, McClay J. Toward vocabulary control for chief complaint. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008. p. 476–482.
Journal cover image

Published In

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

DOI

EISSN

1553-2712

ISSN

1069-6563

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

15

Issue

5

Start / End Page

476 / 482

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocabulary, Controlled
  • North Carolina
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Humans
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
  • Congresses as Topic
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences