TabsDetailsBasic DetailsDate: Thursday, January 19, 2012Type: PublicationHealth Outcome(s): acute myocardial infarction (AMI)Description: This article describes the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) validation project, a test case for health outcome validation within the FDA’s Mini-Sentinel pilot program. The project consisted of four parts: (i) case identification; (ii) chart retrieval; (iii) abstraction and adjudication; and (iv) calculation of the positive predictive value of the algorithm used to identify cases. Read More Materials: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Volume 21, Issue Supplement S1, January 2012, Pages 274-281, DOI: 10.1002/pds.2314Additional InformationRelated Assessment(s): Validation of Acute Myocardial Infarction CasesPDS Supplement: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel ProgramContributorsAuthor(s): Sarah L. Cutrona MD, MPH; Sengwee Toh ScD; Aarthi Iyer MPH; Sarah Foy BA; Elizabeth Cavagnaro MPH; Susan Forrow BA; Judith A. Racoosin MD, MPH; Robert Goldberg PhD; Jerry H. Gurwitz MDCorresponding Author: S. L. Cutrona, 377 Plantation St., Biotech 4 Suite 315, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. E-mail: Sarah.cutrona@umassmemorial.org
