Malnutrition and its contributing factors for older people living in residential aged care facilities: Insights from natural language processing of aged care records.

Journal: Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
PMID: 37302059

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a serious health risk facing older people living in residential aged care facilities. Aged care staff record observations and concerns about older people in electronic health records (EHR), including free-text progress notes. These insights are yet to be unleashed.

Authors

  • Mohammad Alkhalaf
    Centre for Digital Transformation, School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
  • Zhenyu Zhang
    Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Department of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China.
  • Hui-Chen Rita Chang
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
  • Wenxi Wei
    School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
  • Mengyang Yin
    Opal Healthcare, Sydney, Australia.
  • Chao Deng
    School of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Huazhong University Of Science & Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: dengchao@hust.edu.cn.
  • Ping Yu
    Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China.

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