External validation of a proprietary risk model for 1-year mortality in community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the discrimination, calibration, and algorithmic fairness of the Epic End of Life Care Index (EOL-CI).

Authors

  • Erica Frechman
    Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States.
  • Byron C Jaeger
    Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  • Marc Kowalkowski
    Section on Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States.
  • Jeff D Williamson
    Section on Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
  • Kristin M Lenoir
    Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
  • Jessica A Palakshappa
    Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Pulmonology, Critical Care, Allergy & Immunologic Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2 Watlington Hall, 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA. jpalaksh@wakehealth.edu.
  • Brian J Wells
    Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
  • Kathryn E Callahan
    Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
  • Nicholas M Pajewski
    Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
  • Jennifer L Gabbard
    Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States.