Automatically identifying social isolation from clinical narratives for patients with prostate Cancer

Abstract Background Social isolation is an important social determinant that impacts health outcomes and mortality among patients. The National Academy of Medicine recently recommended that social isolation be documented in electronic health records (EHR). However, social isolation usually is not re...

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Main Authors: Vivienne J Zhu, Leslie A Lenert, Brian E Bunnell, Jihad S Obeid, Melanie Jefferson, Chanita Hughes Halbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0795-y