Publications by authors named "A L Francke"
Background: At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, little was known about the spread of COVID-19 in Dutch nursing homes while older people were particularly at risk of severe symptoms. Therefore, attempts were made to develop a nationwide COVID-19 repository based on routinely recorded data in the electronic health records (EHRs) of nursing home residents. This study aims to describe the facilitators and barriers encountered during the development of the repository and the lessons learned regarding the reuse of EHR data for surveillance and research purposes.
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- The study introduces a new method for accessing the cephalic vein (CVP) for implanting cardiac devices, which may lead to fewer complications and easier learning for healthcare providers.
- It analyzed data from 229 patients, with a focus on CVP as the main access route and found a 90% success rate for lead implantation using this method.
- The results show that CVP is as efficient as the traditional subclavian vein puncture (SVP) while having lower complication rates, suggesting it could become the preferred approach for these procedures.
Background: Patient safety is crucial for quality of care. Preventable adverse events (AEs) occur in 1 of 20 patients in the hospital, but it is unknown whether this is different for patients with a condition relevant for palliative care. The majority of the limited available research on this topic is only focused on patients already receiving palliative care, and do not make comparisons with other patients at the end-of-life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Natural language processing (NLP) can enhance research on activities of daily living (ADL) by extracting structured information from unstructured electronic health records (EHRs) notes. This review aims to give insight into the state-of-the-art, usability, and performance of NLP systems to extract information on ADL from EHRs.
Materials And Methods: A systematic review was conducted based on searches in Pubmed, Embase, Cinahl, Web of Science, and Scopus.
Introduction: This paper provides insight into the development of the Dutch Dementia Care and Support Registry and the lessons that can be learned from it. The aim of this Registry was to contribute to quality improvement in dementia care and support.
Methods: This paper describes how the Registry was set up in four stages, reflecting the four FAIR principles: the selection of data sources (Findability); obtaining access to the selected data sources (Accessibility); data linkage (Interoperability); and the reuse of data (Reusability).