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This study aims to review the effectiveness of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) to triage and schedule appointments for adult patients with chronic medical conditions.

To examine the discrimination, calibration, and algorithmic fairness of the Epic End of Life Care Index (EOL-CI).

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is an essential outcome after the heart transplant, which causes severe complications and symptoms for recipients. The in advance prediction of PGD can help the transplant physician better manage the risks of PGD occurrence for patients. Domain experts have identified some important risk factors leading to PGD. However, a widely accepted PGD prediction method is lacking from a computational perspective. In this work, we focus on [...]

Telemedicine use has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic, offering a convenient way for patients to access healthcare. Whereas digital literacy (general comfort with and ability to use digital tools) is necessary to utilize telemedicine, digital health literacy is a subset of this, focusing on the ability to use digital tools to seek out, understand, and utilize health information. As such, barriers such as the lack of high-speed internet and limited [...]

Despite its morbidity, mortality, and financial burden, in-hospital malnutrition remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Artificial intelligence offers a promising clinical informatics solution for identifying malnutrition risk and one that can be coupled with clinician-delivered patient care.

In 2023, AMIA's Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines (the "Guidelines") were approved by the Board of Directors and made a publicly available resource. This work began in 2021 through AMIA's DEI Task Force and subsequent DEI Committee; many members provided input, feedback, and time to create the Guidelines. In this paper, the authors provide a transparent account of the origin, development, contents, and dissemination of the Guidelines and share [...]

Appropriate Use Criteria Clinical Decision Support (AUC CDS) was legislatively mandated in the United States in 2014, and multiple CDS vendors were designated as qualified Clinical Decision Support Mechanisms by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Little is known about the costs and benefits of these systems in real-world settings.

Interruptive clinical decision support (CDS) alerts are intended to improve patient care but can contribute to alert fatigue, diminishing their effectiveness. The alert demonstrated minimal clinical effect while contributing significantly to alert fatigue.

Fairness concerns stemming from known and unknown biases in healthcare practices have raised questions about the trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS). Studies have shown unforeseen performance disparities in subpopulations when applied to clinical settings different from training. Existing unfairness mitigation strategies often struggle with scalability and accessibility, while their pursuit of group-level prediction performance parity does not effectively translate into fairness at the point of [...]