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Unlocking clinical information embedded in clinical notes has been hindered to a significant degree by domain-specific and context-sensitive language. Identification of note sections and structural document elements has been shown to improve information extraction and dependent downstream clinical natural language processing (NLP) tasks and applications. This study investigates the viability of a dynamic example selection prompting method to section classification using lightweight, open-source large language models (LLMs) as a practical [...]

Establishing a robust and secure framework allowing creation and sharing of custom features within the REDCap electronic data capture platform.

Automated data extraction from echocardiography reports could facilitate large-scale registry creation and clinical surveillance of valvular heart diseases (VHD). We evaluated the performance of open-source large language models (LLMs) guided by prompt instructions and chain of thought (CoT) for this task.

Common Data Elements (CDEs) standardize data collection and sharing across studies, enhancing data interoperability and improving research reproducibility. However, implementing CDEs presents challenges due to the broad range and variety of data elements. This study aims to develop a CDE mapping tool to bridge the gap between local data elements and National Institutes of Health (NIH) CDEs.

To determine how much of the current biomedical literature would be flagged or require modification in relation to the presence of terms from leaked lists prepared by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Security Administration (NSA) in early 2025.

To conduct a scoping review (ScR) of existing approaches for synthetic Electronic Health Records (EHR) data generation, to benchmark major methods, and to provide an open-source software and offer recommendations for practitioners.

Health-care institutions customize electronic health record (EHR) configurations to reflect their unique workflows and patient care priorities. Ensuring EHR alignment across sites facilitates seamless information exchange. We developed a pipeline for EHR flowsheet alignment between health-care organizations. The pipeline is augmented by mapping flowsheet data fields to concepts in the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) nursing terminology.

The US healthcare system faces significant challenges, including clinician burnout, operational inefficiencies, and concerns about patient safety. Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, has the potential to address these challenges, but its adoption, effectiveness, and barriers to implementation are not well understood.

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 [...]