Flagging for Undiagnosed Dementia Using Electronic Health Records
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For the past five years, Barry has been going for his regular yearly checkups at his primary care doctor’s office. Two years ago, he began complaining about memory lapses. He would forget names and sometimes faces, and he’d often forget things that happened that day, such as what he had for breakfast and even a conversation he had an hour before. He was prescribed medication to help with his symptoms and was
told to exercise and learn new skills to keep his brain sharp, but had never been formally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or any other form of dementia. That is, not until his electronic medical records were scanned and flagged, prompting him to get a second and third opinion.
Dementia is Often Underdiagnosed
Nearly 10 million people are diagnosed with dementia every year. That translates to one person every three seconds. Yet, many people with symptoms of dementia are not diagnosed, and they perhaps should have been. This is one of the reasons why research dubs dementia as an underdiagnosed disease.
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