Social Determinants of Health Documentation in Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data of Patients With Diabetes: Comparative Analysis.

Shivani Mehta Courtney Rees Lyles Anna D Rubinsky Kathryn E Kemper Judith D Auerbach Urmimala Sarkar Laura M Gottlieb William Brown

Published in: JMIR medical informatics (2023)

We discovered more patient information related to SDOH in unstructured data than in structured data. The application of this technique and further investment in similar user-friendly tools and infrastructure to extract SDOH information from unstructured data may help to identify the range of social conditions that influence patients' disease experiences and inform clinical decision-making.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
mental health
healthcare
decision making
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
public health
health information
ejection fraction
risk assessment
low cost