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adverse events
Undesirable experiences associated with medical care, such as a surgical site infection or other postoperative complications, serious morbidity, or death. The goal is to minimize or eliminate such eve [..]
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behavioral risk factors for disease
Individual behaviors such as smoking, lack of exercise, poor dietary choices and overconsumption of alcohol that have a negative impact on health and lead to chronic disease.
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big data
Big data is a term with uncertain roots, and variable usage, but one that paints a picture of extremely large amounts of information, complex and disparate, that is difficult to analyze using traditio [..]
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chronic medical and psychiatric disease
Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis, that persist over time and require consistent efforts to keep the disease from progressing or causing significant declines in quality o [..]
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clinical engagement
Involving clinicians in collaborative research efforts to understand clinically relevant information and utilize their expertise to guide research studies in ways that have practice-changing implicati [..]
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clinical pathways in surgery
The different tasks involved in surgical care, which are defined, optimized and sequenced to create a standardized pathway. By standardizing surgical care, it improves quality across the board and sho [..]
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cluster randomized trial
A type of randomized controlled trial in which randomization occurs at the group level rather than the individual level.
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comparative effectiveness research
Research designed to inform health care decisions by providing evidence on which treatment options work best for patients and by comparing the treatments' associated benefits and harms.
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complex surgical patient
A patient either undergoing a complex surgical procedure or a patient with multiple comorbidities undergoing a common procedure.
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data mining
The computational process of discovering "hidden" and previously unknown information, patterns and knowledge in large data sets.
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