Longitudinal cohorts for harnessing the electronic health record for disease prediction in a US population.

Sheila M ManemannJennifer L St SauverHongfang LiuNicholas B LarsonSungrim MoonPaul Y TakahashiJanet E OlsonWalter A RoccaVirginia M MillerTerry M TherneauChe G NguforVeronique L RogerYiqing ZhaoPaul A DeckerJill M KillianSuzette J Bielinski

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

Using advanced machine learning approaches, these electronic cohorts will be used to identify novel sex-specific risk factors for complex diseases. These approaches will allow us to address several challenges with the use of EHR.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
machine learning
clinical decision support
big data
adverse drug
cross sectional