A retrospective approach to evaluating potential adverse outcomes associated with delay of procedures for cardiovascular and cancer-related diagnoses in the context of COVID-19

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Neil S. Zheng, Jeremy L. Warner, Travis J. Osterman, Quinn Stanton Wells, Xiao-Ou Shu, Stephen A. Deppen, Seth J. Karp, Shon Dwyer, QiPing Feng, Nancy J. Cox, Josh F. Peterson, C. Michael Stein, Dan M. Roden, Kevin B. Johnson, Wei-Qi Wei

Published: 01 Jan 2021, Last Modified: 12 May 2025J. Biomed. Informatics 2021EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•There may be long-term consequences of delaying procedures in response to COVID-19.•Electronic health record data can help us understand the impact of procedure delay.•Our high-throughput approach identifies procedures impacted by COVID-19.•Impact of procedure delay on patient outcomes are evaluated with retrospective data.•Our results can help hospital systems minimize adverse patient outcomes from delays.