Algorithmic approach to finding people with multiple sclerosis using routine healthcare data in Wales.

Richard St John Nicholas Emma Clare TallantyreJames WittsKathryn C Fitzgerald Elaine M CraigSarah KnowlesOwen Rhys PearsonKatherine HardingKarim KreftJ HawkenGillian IngramBethan MorganRodden M MiddletonNeil RobertsonUkms Register Research Group

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2024)

The algorithm successfully identified MS cases within the SAIL databank with high sensitivity and specificity, verified by two independent populations and has important utility in large-scale epidemiological studies of MS.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
healthcare
mass spectrometry
white matter
ms ms
machine learning
electronic health record
deep learning
clinical practice
big data
case control
health information
structural basis
genetic diversity
health insurance