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The primary outcome was the number of patient-HCW pairs detected by each process.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Among 233 patients with COVID-19, our EHR Report identified 4116 patient-HCW pairs, including 2365 (30.0%) of the 7890 pairs detected by the CTT. The EHR Report also revealed 1751 pairs not identified by the CTT. The highest number of patient-HCW pairs per patient was detected in the inpatient care venue. Nurses comprised the most frequently identified HCW role overall.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Automated methods to screen HCWs for potential exposures to patients with COVID-19 using clinical event data from the EHR (1) are likely to improve epidemiological surveillance by contact tracing programs and (2) represent a viable and readily available strategy that should be considered by other institutions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocab231","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,7]],"date-time":"2021-10-07T12:15:12Z","timestamp":1633608912000},"page":"142-148","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Use of clinical data to augment healthcare worker contact tracing during the COVID-19 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