NLP based congestive heart failure case finding: A prospective analysis on statewide electronic medical records.

Journal: International journal of medical informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In order to proactively manage congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, an effective CHF case finding algorithm is required to process both structured and unstructured electronic medical records (EMR) to allow complementary and cost-efficient identification of CHF patients.

Authors

  • Yue Wang
    Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
  • Jin Luo
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Shiying Hao
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Haihua Xu
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Andrew Young Shin
    Departments of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Bo Jin
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Rui Liu
    School of Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
  • Xiaohong Deng
    Chongqing Key Lab of Catalysis & Functional Organic Molecules, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China.
  • Lijuan Wang
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Le Zheng
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Yifan Zhao
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Chunqing Zhu
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Zhongkai Hu
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Changlin Fu
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Yanpeng Hao
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Yingzhen Zhao
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Yunliang Jiang
    School of Information Engineering, Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  • Dorothy Dai
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Devore S Culver
    HealthInfoNet, Portland, ME 04103, USA.
  • Shaun T Alfreds
    HealthInfoNet, Portland, ME 04103, USA.
  • Rogow Todd
    HealthInfoNet, Portland, ME 04103, USA.
  • Frank Stearns
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Karl G Sylvester
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Eric Widen
    HBISolutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
  • Xuefeng B Ling
    Departments of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: bxling@stanford.edu.