Detecting Language Associated With Home Healthcare Patient's Risk for Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visit.
Jiyoun SongKathryn K H BowlesMargaret V McDonaldKenrick D CatoSarah Collins RossettiVictoria AdamsSena ChaeMollie HobensackErin KennedyAluem TarkMin-Jeoung KangKyungmi WooYolanda BarrónSridevi SridharanMaxim TopazPublished in: Nursing research (2022)
Our findings suggest that concerning problems or symptoms that could increase the risk of hospitalization or ED visit were frequently documented in narrative clinical notes. NLP can automatically extract information from narrative clinical notes to improve our understanding of care needs in HHC. Next steps are to evaluate which concerning concepts identified in clinical notes predict hospitalization or ED visit.