Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database
Chioma Uzoigwe, Carol Mahler Hamersky, Deborah I Arbit, Wayne Weng, Michael S Radin Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, USACorrespondence: Chioma UzoigweNovo Nordisk Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USATel +1 609 786 4317Email coms@novonordisk.comPurpose: The prevalence of hypoglyc...
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| description | Chioma Uzoigwe, Carol Mahler Hamersky, Deborah I Arbit, Wayne Weng, Michael S Radin Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, USACorrespondence: Chioma UzoigweNovo Nordisk Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USATel +1 609 786 4317Email coms@novonordisk.comPurpose: The prevalence of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus is likely underreported, particularly with regard to non-severe episodes, and representative estimates require more detailed data than claims or typical electronic health record (EHR) databases provide. This study examines the prevalence of hypoglycemia as identified in a medical transcription database.Patients and Methods: The Amplity Insights database contains medical content dictated by providers detailing patient encounters with health care professionals (HCPs) from across the United States. Natural language processing (NLP) was used to identify episodes of hypoglycemia using both symptom-based and non-symptom-based definitions of hypoglycemic events. This study examined records of 41,688 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 317,399 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus between January 1, 2016, and April 30, 2018.Results: Using a non-symptom-based definition, the prevalence of hypoglycemia was 18% among patients with T1DM and 8% among patients with T2DM. These estimates show the prevalence of hypoglycemia to be 2- to 9-fold higher than the 1% to 4% prevalence estimates suggested by claims database analyses.Conclusion: In this exploration of a medical transcription database, the prevalence of hypoglycemia was considerably higher than what has been reported via retrospective analyses from claims and EHR databases. This analysis suggests that data sources other than claims and EHR may provide a more in-depth look into discrepancies between the mention of hypoglycemia events during a health care visit and documentation of hypoglycemia in patient records.Keywords: natural language processing, type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55f0710e830c4a548bbff52dcc5574fa2023-02-02T00:18:51ZengDove Medical PressDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity1178-70072020-06-01Volume 132209221654792Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription DatabaseUzoigwe CHamersky CMArbit DIWeng WRadin MSChioma Uzoigwe, Carol Mahler Hamersky, Deborah I Arbit, Wayne Weng, Michael S Radin Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, USACorrespondence: Chioma UzoigweNovo Nordisk Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USATel +1 609 786 4317Email coms@novonordisk.comPurpose: The prevalence of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus is likely underreported, particularly with regard to non-severe episodes, and representative estimates require more detailed data than claims or typical electronic health record (EHR) databases provide. This study examines the prevalence of hypoglycemia as identified in a medical transcription database.Patients and Methods: The Amplity Insights database contains medical content dictated by providers detailing patient encounters with health care professionals (HCPs) from across the United States. Natural language processing (NLP) was used to identify episodes of hypoglycemia using both symptom-based and non-symptom-based definitions of hypoglycemic events. This study examined records of 41,688 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 317,399 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus between January 1, 2016, and April 30, 2018.Results: Using a non-symptom-based definition, the prevalence of hypoglycemia was 18% among patients with T1DM and 8% among patients with T2DM. These estimates show the prevalence of hypoglycemia to be 2- to 9-fold higher than the 1% to 4% prevalence estimates suggested by claims database analyses.Conclusion: In this exploration of a medical transcription database, the prevalence of hypoglycemia was considerably higher than what has been reported via retrospective analyses from claims and EHR databases. This analysis suggests that data sources other than claims and EHR may provide a more in-depth look into discrepancies between the mention of hypoglycemia events during a health care visit and documentation of hypoglycemia in patient records.Keywords: natural language processing, type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitushttps://www.dovepress.com/assessing-prevalence-of-hypoglycemia-in-a-medical-transcription-databa-peer-reviewed-article-DMSOnatural language processingtype 1 diabetes mellitustype 2 diabetes mellitus |
| spellingShingle | Uzoigwe C Hamersky CM Arbit DI Weng W Radin MS Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity natural language processing type 1 diabetes mellitus type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| title | Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database |
| title_full | Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database |
| title_short | Assessing Prevalence of Hypoglycemia in a Medical Transcription Database |
| title_sort | assessing prevalence of hypoglycemia in a medical transcription database |
| topic | natural language processing type 1 diabetes mellitus type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/assessing-prevalence-of-hypoglycemia-in-a-medical-transcription-databa-peer-reviewed-article-DMSO |
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