Chen, Zhaoyi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4062-0867
Bird, Victoria Y.
Ruchi, Rupam
Segal, Mark S.
Bian, Jiang
Khan, Saeed R.
Elie, Marie-Carmelle
Prosperi, Mattia
Article History
Received: 31 October 2017
Accepted: 6 August 2018
First Online: 17 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The use of MIMIC-III database was approved by the data provider (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) after completion of required Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) training, and a Data Use Agreement was signed. The requirement for individual patient consent was waived because the study did not impact clinical care and all protected health information was deidentified. De-identification was performed in compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards in order to facilitate public access to MIMIC-III, and protected health information (PHI) were removed. The study protocol of this specific analysis was approved by the University of Florida Institutional Review Board.
: Not applicable.
: Jiang Bian and Mattia Prosperi are Associate Editors for BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
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