Development and Validation of Machine Learning Models for Prediction of 1-Year Mortality Utilizing Electronic Medical Record Data Available at the End of Hospitalization in Multicondition Patients: a Proof-of-Concept Study.

Journal: Journal of general internal medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Predicting death in a cohort of clinically diverse, multicondition hospitalized patients is difficult. Prognostic models that use electronic medical record (EMR) data to determine 1-year death risk can improve end-of-life planning and risk adjustment for research.

Authors

  • Nishant Sahni
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. nishant.sahni@gmail.com.
  • Gyorgy Simon
    University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Informatics.
  • Rashi Arora
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.