%0 Journal Article %T Combining Free Text and Structured Electronic Medical Record Entries to Detect Acute Respiratory Infections %A Sylvain DeLisle %A Brett South %A Jill A. Anthony %A Ericka Kalp %A Adi Gundlapallli %A Frank C. Curriero %A Greg E. Glass %A Matthew Samore %A Trish M. Perl %J PLOS ONE %D 2012 %I Public Library of Science (PLoS) %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0013377 %X The electronic medical record (EMR) contains a rich source of information that could be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. We asked if structured EMR data could be coupled with computerized processing of free-text clinical entries to enhance detection of acute respiratory infections (ARI). %U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0013377