International journal of medical informatics
Jul 9, 2024
BACKGROUND: Adverse Drug Events (ADE) are key information present in unstructured portions of Electronic Health Records. These pose a significant challenge in healthcare, ranging from mild discomfort to severe complications, and can impact patient sa...
International journal of medical informatics
Jul 3, 2024
BACKGROUND: Real-world data with decades-long medical records are increasingly available alongside the growing adoption of machine learning in healthcare research. We evaluated the performance of machine learning models in predicting the risk of Alzh...
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 30, 2024
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the fairness performance metrics of Machine Learning (ML) models to predict hospitalization and emergency department (ED) visits in heart failure patients receiving home healthcare. We analyze biases, assess pe...
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 26, 2024
BACKGROUND: PRISMA-based literature reviews require meticulous scrutiny of extensive textual data by multiple reviewers, which is associated with considerable human effort.
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 24, 2024
OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the impact of participation in self-help groups on treatment completion among individuals undergoing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment. Given the suboptimal adherence and retention rates for MOUD,...
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 19, 2024
BACKGROUND: Eating Disorders (EDs) are one of the most complex psychiatric disorders, with significant impairment of psychological and physical health, and psychosocial functioning, and are associated with low rates of early detection, low recovery a...
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 19, 2024
BACKGROUND: Recent studies reveal that around 1.9 million stillbirths occur annually worldwide, with Sub-Saharan Africa having among the highest cases. Some Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana, failed to meet Millennium Development Goal 5 ...
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 13, 2024
BACKGROUND: The surge in emergency head CT imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) advancements, especially deep learning (DL) and convolutional neural networks (CNN), have accelerated the development of computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) for emergency...
International journal of medical informatics
Jun 1, 2024
BACKGROUND: Predicting early recurrence (ER) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accurately can guide treatment decisions and further enhance survival. Computed tomography (CT) imaging, analyzed by deep learning (DL) models combining domain knowledge, ...