Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing

David Dorr; Cosmin A. Bejan; Christie Pizzimenti; Sumeet Singh; Matt Storer; Ana Quinones

doi:10.3233/SHTI190482

Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing

David Dorr, Cosmin A. Bejan, Christie Pizzimenti, Sumeet Singh, Matt Storer, Ana Quinones

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Abstract

Social and behavioral factors influence health but are infrequently recorded in electronic health records (EHRs). Here, we demonstrate that psychosocial vital signs can be extracted from EHR data. We processed structured and unstructured EHR data using expert-driven queries and Natural Language Processing (NLP), validating results through structured annotation. We found that although these vital signs are present in EHRs, with 681 structured entries identified for psychosocial concepts, NLP identified a nearly 90-fold increase in patients.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MEDINFO 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Editors	Brigitte Seroussi, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Brigitte Seroussi
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	1456-1457
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781643680026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190482
State	Published - Aug 21 2019
Event	17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019 - Lyon, France Duration: Aug 25 2019 → Aug 30 2019

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	264
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Conference

Conference	17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019
Country/Territory	France
City	Lyon
Period	8/25/19 → 8/30/19

Keywords

Natural Language Processing
Social Determinants of Health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Dorr, D., Bejan, C. A., Pizzimenti, C., Singh, S., Storer, M., & Quinones, A. (2019). Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing. In B. Seroussi, L. Ohno-Machado, L. Ohno-Machado, & B. Seroussi (Eds.), MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (pp. 1456-1457). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 264). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190482

Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing. / Dorr, David; Bejan, Cosmin A.; Pizzimenti, Christie et al.
MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. ed. / Brigitte Seroussi; Lucila Ohno-Machado; Lucila Ohno-Machado; Brigitte Seroussi. IOS Press, 2019. p. 1456-1457 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 264).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Dorr, D, Bejan, CA, Pizzimenti, C, Singh, S, Storer, M & Quinones, A 2019, Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing. in B Seroussi, L Ohno-Machado, L Ohno-Machado & B Seroussi (eds), MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 264, IOS Press, pp. 1456-1457, 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019, Lyon, France, 8/25/19. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190482

Dorr D, Bejan CA, Pizzimenti C, Singh S, Storer M, Quinones A. Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing. In Seroussi B, Ohno-Machado L, Ohno-Machado L, Seroussi B, editors, MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. IOS Press. 2019. p. 1456-1457. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI190482

Dorr, David ; Bejan, Cosmin A. ; Pizzimenti, Christie et al. / Identifying patients with significant problems related to social determinants of health with natural language processing. MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. editor / Brigitte Seroussi ; Lucila Ohno-Machado ; Lucila Ohno-Machado ; Brigitte Seroussi. IOS Press, 2019. pp. 1456-1457 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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