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Barriers and Facilitators of Obtaining Social Determinants of Health of Patients With Cancer Through the Electronic Health Record Using Natural Language Processing Technology: Qualitative Feasibility Study With Stakeholder Interviews.

Jordan M AlpertHyehyun Julia KimCara McDonnellYi GuoThomas J GeorgeJiang BianYonghui Wu
Published in: JMIR formative research (2022)
Extracting SDoH from EHRs was considered valuable and necessary, but obstacles such as narrative data format can make the process difficult. NLP can be a potential solution, but as the technology is developed, it is important to consider how key stakeholders document SDoH, apply the NLP systems, and use the extracted SDoH in health outcome studies.
Keyphrases
  • electronic health record
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • clinical decision support
  • health information
  • human health
  • health promotion
  • systematic review
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • climate change