BACKGROUND: Mesothelioma is a lung cancer that kills thousands of people worldwide annually, especially those with exposure to asbestos. Diagnosis of mesothelioma in patients often requires time-consuming imaging techniques and biopsies. Machine lear...
BACKGROUND: Despite a wide adoption of English in science, a significant amount of biomedical data are produced in other languages, such as French. Yet a majority of natural language processing or semantic tools as well as domain terminologies or ont...
BACKGROUND: Allowing patients to access their own electronic health record (EHR) notes through online patient portals has the potential to improve patient-centered care. However, EHR notes contain abundant medical jargon that can be difficult for pat...
Journal of diabetes science and technology
Jan 1, 2011
BACKGROUND: As America's baby boom generation reaches retirement, the number of elders, and, in turn, the number of lay individuals who support them, will continue to increase. With the important services caregivers provide, it is critical that we re...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Aug 22, 2024
Although Patient Health Records (PHRs) are vital tools for patients, enabling them to access and manage health information, it remains challenging for doctors and patients to gather a swift overview of a patient's health status based on the extensive...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Aug 22, 2024
Secure extraction of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) presents significant privacy and security challenges. This study explores the application of Federated Learning (FL) to overcome these challenges wit...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Aug 13, 2021
OBJECTIVE: The goals of this study are to describe the value and impact of Project HealthDesign (PHD), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that applied design thinking to personal health records, and to explore the applicability of the PH...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Jun 1, 2020
OBJECTIVE: In this work, we introduce a privacy technique for anonymizing clinical notes that guarantees all private health information is secured (including sensitive data, such as family history, that are not adequately covered by current technique...
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