Using recurrent neural network models for early detection of heart failure onset.

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

OBJECTIVE: We explored whether use of deep learning to model temporal relations among events in electronic health records (EHRs) would improve model performance in predicting initial diagnosis of heart failure (HF) compared to conventional methods that ignore temporality.

Authors

  • Edward Choi
    College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Andy Schuetz
    Research Development & Dissemination Sutter Health Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
  • Walter F Stewart
    Research Development & Dissemination Sutter Health Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
  • Jimeng Sun
    College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, USA.