The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Nov 16, 2018
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: There is considerable variability in patient-reported outcome measures following surgery for lumbar disc herniation. Individualized prediction tools that are derived from center- or even surgeon-specific data could provide valuabl...
BACKGROUND: An increasing number of doctor reviews are being generated by patients on the internet. These reviews address a diverse set of topics (features), including wait time, office staff, doctor's skills, and bedside manners. Most previous work ...
BACKGROUND: The advantages of Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RARP) over open radical prostatectomy (ORP) in Prostate cancer perioperatively are well-established, but quality of life is more contentious. Increasingly, patients are utilisin...
INTRODUCTION: Technological solutions for quantifying Parkinson's disease (PD) symptoms may provide an objective means to track response to treatment, including side effects such as levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Vision-based systems are advantageous a...
International journal of medical informatics
Aug 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: In light of global population aging and the increasing prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with age, strategies are needed to address this public health challenge. Machine learning (ML) may play a vital role in early identification of...
BACKGROUND: Obtaining total knee arthroplasty patient-reported outcomes for quality assessment is costly and difficult. We asked whether a large language model (LLM) could interpret electronic health record notes to differentiate patients attaining a...
INTRODUCTION: Recurrence rates among Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) patients are high, with earlier detection associated with improved survival. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have increasingly been found to predict patient care needs. Here, we examine...
The Journal of hand surgery, European volume
Jun 1, 2025
With its basis in the development of intelligence testing, classical test theory paved the way to develop patient-reported outcome measures - tools capable of quantifying otherwise immeasurable traits. In hand surgery, many of the popular outcome mea...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Chemotherapy toxicity can lead to acute hospital admissions, negatively impacting the healthcare system and patients' well-being. Machine learning (ML) models identifying patients at risk of emergency admissions are often developed on data lacking pa...
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
May 1, 2025
With an approximately 50% prevalence rate, medication nonadherence is a significant healthcare challenge that increases the risk of potentially avoidable adverse events and associated costs ranging from $949 to $44 190 per person annually. The ISPOR ...
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