AIMC Topic: Veterans

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Detection of probable dementia cases in undiagnosed patients using structured and unstructured electronic health records.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
BACKGROUND: Dementia is underdiagnosed in both the general population and among Veterans. This underdiagnosis decreases quality of life, reduces opportunities for interventions, and increases health-care costs. New approaches are therefore necessary ...

Machine learning models to predict disease progression among veterans with hepatitis C virus.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: Machine learning (ML) algorithms provide effective ways to build prediction models using longitudinal information given their capacity to incorporate numerous predictor variables without compromising the accuracy of the risk prediction. C...

Applying Machine Learning to Linked Administrative and Clinical Data to Enhance the Detection of Homelessness among Vulnerable Veterans.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
U.S. military veterans who were discharged from service for misconduct are at high risk for homelessness. Stratifying homelessness risk based on both military service factors and clinical characteristics could facilitate targeted provision of prevent...

Mining patterns of comorbidity evolution in patients with multiple chronic conditions using unsupervised multi-level temporal Bayesian network.

PloS one
Over the past few decades, the rise of multiple chronic conditions has become a major concern for clinicians. However, it is still not known precisely how multiple chronic conditions emerge among patients. We propose an unsupervised multi-level tempo...

Open Globe Injury Patient Identification in Warfare Clinical Notes.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
The aim of this study is to utilize the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry clinical data derived from DoD and VA medical systems which include documentation of care while in combat, and develop methods for comprehensive and reliable ...

Effectiveness of a social robot, "Paro," in a VA long-term care setting.

Psychological services
Interest in animal assisted interventions (AAI) has grown over the years, but acceptance of AAI by the clinical and research community has been hampered by safety, hygiene, and logistical concerns. Advances in the field of social robotics have provid...

Extracting a stroke phenotype risk factor from Veteran Health Administration clinical reports: an information content analysis.

Journal of biomedical semantics
BACKGROUND: In the United States, 795,000 people suffer strokes each year; 10-15 % of these strokes can be attributed to stenosis caused by plaque in the carotid artery, a major stroke phenotype risk factor. Studies comparing treatments for the manag...

Digital Family History Data Mining with Neural Networks: A Pilot Study.

Perspectives in health information management
Following the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, electronic health records were widely adopted by eligible physicians and hospitals in the United States. Stage 2 meaningful use menu obj...

Classification of radiology reports for falls in an HIV study cohort.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
OBJECTIVE: To identify patients in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) study cohort who have fallen by applying supervised machine learning methods to radiology reports of the cohort.

Machine learning applications related to suicide in military and Veterans: A scoping literature review.

Journal of biomedical informatics
OBJECTIVE: Suicide remains one of the main preventable causes of death among service members and veterans. Early detection and accurate prediction are essential components of effective suicide prevention strategies. Machine learning techniques have b...